Pre-Season Friendly
The Moat Ground, Church Gresley
Saturday, 25th July 2015, 3.00pm
So Sweet For The Gingerbreads
Gresley were put through the mill by a rampant Grantham side at a sun baked Moat Ground as the visitors ran out easy winners.
The home side looked distinctly lacklustre as their Premier Division visitors clinically scored from six attempts on target whereas Gresley could only muster one attempt on target all game and that was well saved by Jake Turner.
Grantham made a good start with Lee Shaw finding himself in on goal but Gresley keeper Ryan Swift was quick to block the effort at his near post.
Five minutes later they were in front when Michael Emmott curled a shot from the left around Swift and into the far bottom corner.
Gresley's solitary strike on target came from Jack Langston's well struck free kick which was well saved by Turner diving to his right and pushing the ball away for a corner.
Grantham doubled their advantage on 37 minutes. A needless free kick was conceded just outside the area and Emmott hit a low kick past the defensive wall and despite Swift scuttling back across his goal and getting a hand to the ball could not prevent Emmott claiming his second of the game.
It was three 7 minutes into the second half when Lee Beeson beat Swift to the ball and slipped his shot under the keeper.
Gresley went close on the hour mark when Mitch Hanson headed Langston's corner from the right narrowly past the far post.
Substitute Callum Wilkinson added goal number four for the visitors after getting himself in a shooting position in a crowded area firing past Swift.
Grantham's fifth and final goal was a soft one when referee Kieran Hatfield adjudged that the merest of touches in the back warranted a spot kick which was dispensed by Beeson.
On this showing Gresley's management have a lot of work still to do and decisions to be made with the start of the league campaign just three weeks away - but there is still time!
