Saturday 19th September 1998
Needham Market 5 Thetford Town 1
Jewson League Division One
At: Bloomfields, Quinton Road
Kick-off: 3-00 pm
Admission: £2 including 24 page programme
Attendance: 70 (headcount)
Weather: cloudy, dry
Division One leaders maintained their 100% record against bottom-of-the-table Thetford Town with a comfortable 5-1 victory. Gary Clark bagged a hat-trick while Matthew Spencer scored Thetford’s first league goal of the season.
Needham Market (black and green stripes / black / black): 1. Paul Molloy, 2. Robbie Bate, 3. Graham Pooley, 4. Craig Osbourne, 5. Dean Folkard, 6. Scott Callum, 7. Shaun Kidd, 8. Danny Eaton, 9. Ritchie Barker, 10. Andy Sapey, 11. Gary Clark. Subs: 12. Neil Liffin (for Sapey, 75), 14. John Coupe (for Osborne, 55), 15. Kevin Leathers (for Kidd, 73).
Thetford Town (claret and Sky blue halves / sky blue / claret): 1. Anthony Carpenter, 2. Martin Parker, 3. Adam Rawling, 4. Stephen Crawshaw, 5. Andy Kingsbury, 6. Paul Mleczek, 7. Mark Fowler, 8. Neal Sims, 9. Peter Collins, 10. Mark Hopkins, 11. Chris Burgess. Subs: 12. Oliver Carter (for Hopkins, 76), 14. Mark Melville (for Kingsbury, 88), 15. Matthew Spencer (for Fowler, 80).
Referee: C. Smith (Lowestoft).
Goals:
1-0 Danny Eaton (8)
2-0 Shaun Kidd (45+4)
3-0 Gary Clark (70)
4-0 Gary Clark (74)
4-1 Matthew Spencer (88)
5-1 Gary Clark (90)
Cards:
Needham Market: none
Thetford: Neal Sims (YC, 85), Paul Mleczek (YC, 90)
