Lichfield City wrapped up their sixth straight win in a row with an emphatic 6-1 victory over AFC Wulfrunians.
Cannon-armed Callum Rudd made all the difference for Ivor Green’s men in the first half, when his long throw-ins set up both Callum Griffin and James Wilcock. Jack Edwards, Jude Taylor and Joe Haines on the double then sealed the win late on for the hosts, despite Kai Adams’ late consolation goal.
It was Griffin who opened the scoring for the Trade Tyre Community Stadium side after 18 minutes, as he rifled home Max Dixon’s flick from Rudd’s throw.
Rudd’s range from the side line then came in handy again for Lichfield’s second, just four minutes later. Wilcock met the long throw with a terrific low-driven shot from the edge of the area that left Tommy Jackson in the visitor’s net rooted to the spot.
City nearly found a third just after the half-hour mark, but Jackson managed to sweep up a melee in the area, before producing a terrific one-on-one save to deny Tom Brown.
At the other end James Beeson was also called into action and produced a stellar stop to push the ball onto his left post and behind for a corner – which meant the score remained 2-0 going into the interval.
11 minutes into the new half, Dixon nodded on to the cross bar, as Lichfield looked to pull further clear.
Edwards finally found Lichfield’s third with a well-placed strike across the face of goal from a tight angle in the 70th minute.
AFC Wulfrunians managed to find a late consolation with a quarter of an hour to go, when Adams tore in behind and slotted the ball into the bottom left-hand corner.
However, Taylor finished off a fantastic passing move from the home side moments later to put the game to bed.
Haines then poked the ball past Jackson from the edge of the six-yard box twice in quick succession to ensure Lichfield maintained their three-point lead at the top of the Midlands Football League Premier Division.
Lichfield City will be back in action on Tuesday night when they head to Wolverhampton Casuals.
City: Beeson, Mansell, Haines, Elkes, Rudd, Wilcock (Holt), Edwards, Brown © (Kindred), Griffin, Francis (Childs), Dixon (Taylor).
Attendance: 209
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