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Date

Saturday 15th August 2009

Dream start for five-star Supermarine

By Owen Houlihan (Swindon Advertiser)

 

Boss Mark Collier admitted Saturday’s 5-1 opening-day drubbing of Rugby Town was better that he dared dream of as the Hunts Copse men got their Zamaretto League Premier Division campaign off to a magnificent start.

 

Collier could find few faults with his men as a four-goal salvo either side of half-time put paid to their Midlands visitors in emphatic style. The manager, who takes his side to Bashley tomorrow night, said: “We played very well and we can’t get away from that. “The lads played with pace and cohesion and after the start where both teams were feeling each other out, if you like, we just took the game away from them. “We were strong and compact throughout and it was just a very good team performance.

 

There was lots of good passing and movement.’’ Summer signing Mark Barnes (pictured) went close for Marine early on but the scores remained level until 10 minutes before half time when Justyn McKay finished off some decent work by Joe Harris.

 

Right on the whistle, Barnes did get off the mark to make it 2-0 and the destiny of the points was settled soon after the restart as Harris netted a penalty and Alan Griffin fired him goal number four. Chris Taylor’s foul on David Kolodynski allowed the Rugby player to pull one back from the spot. But it was merely a consolation as Taylor made an impact at the right end of the pitch to score Marine’s fifth.

 

Collier added: “We’ve talked about if you get eight or nine performing to an eight out of 10 standard each week, then you have got a good chance of being successful. “I would think all 11 would get eight out of 10 for that match. “Every manager would have wanted to get off the mark with a positive result, so in that respect, I’m very pleased.’’

 

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