Report by Kevin Salter

The Whites kept up the title chase with another convincing win, although not without a fright in the 1st half!

On a perfect night for football, under the floodlights of Pancake Lane, Levy Whites started brightly and took the lead on 12 minutes when Anna Novelli pounced on the loose ball after a goal mouth scramble to poke the ball home.

The lead was short lived however and within a minute Sherrardswood equalised with a thunderous shot from all of 30 yards into the roof of the net. Worse was to come when the away side took the lead just 3 minutes later from a free kick from the left hand edge of the penalty area.

The Whites didn't panic and always looked the quicker of the two teams and good two touch football opened up the game down both flanks with Frankie and Ellen stretching their legs and utilising the pace of Natasha up front, who was simply on fire tonight.

Natasha had the best 45 minutes of her season scoring a fine solo goal to draw the teams level on 22 minutes before giving the Whites the lead on 30 minutes after a great lay off from Pru and then seconds after the restart hit a thunderbolt for a superb 1st half hattrick.

The second half was another open attractive 45 minutes of football played in the right spirit and when Anna fired home on 53 minutes the result was assured.

The icing on the cake came with 6 minutes remaining when Ellen Salter burst down the left hand flank before firing a cross into the box which Ellie Pickard swept home with a sublime 1st time effort for a 6=2 win.

Natasha was given player of the match for a fantastic 1st half hattrick and completing her 1st 90 minutes of football since her school days! ...although special mention for Frankie Novelli who was excellent throughout in a combination of wide and central midfield roles.

This now reduces the gap at the top to just 7 points with the Whites having 3 games in hand and the title dreams are still alive.