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Rushall Olympic 5 Stamford 1

Rushall Olympic continued their good form with a 5-1 Evo-Stik Northern Premier League hammering of Stamford at Dales Lane.

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The hosts took the lead on 11 minutes with a brilliant team goal.

Massiah McDonald played in Ryan Edmunds on the overlap, who crossed for Jake Heath to slot in from close range.

It was 2-0, just nine minutes later, when Luke Benbow grabbed his 12th league goal of the season from 20 yards.

It could have been three before half-time, but goalkeeper Richard Knight got down well to thwart McDonald's effort.

It was 3-0 on 52 minutes as McDonald cut in from the left and unleashed an unstoppable shot.

Michael Townsend and Mitchell Tolley both went close for Rushall before Heath scored the goal of the match, volleying in off the bar from 25 yards.

Heath turned provider for Kris Taylor to beat Knight on 84 minutes, before Andrew Phillips netted a consolation for Stamford.

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