St. Helens through to next round as they hit Bacup for six
A hattrick from Elliot Hughes and following goals from Ben Cartwright and a double from substitute Dale Korie-Butler secured St Helens place in the First Division Cup Round Two and a tie against AFC Darwen as they shatter Bacup Borough 6-1 at Ruskin Lane.
The first chance fell to Bacup. A mistake by St Helens captain Colyfa Kamara landed to Callum Burton at the perimeter of the penalty area, but his shot landed just over. Aidan Hussey was next up for Bacup, planting a shot on target however, it could only plan agonizingly wide of the post, forcing St Helens on the backfoot. Bacup’s Anthony Hall tried a chipped effort, but the effort was bread and butter for Dave Jones and Callum Hewitt for the visitors hit a fierce free-kick just wide.
Probably against the run of play, St Helens took the lead. Two initial 'Tellins' shots were blocked before it fell to an on-form Elliot Hughes, who placed it home.
In no time at all St Helens doubled their advantage via a brilliant ball across the face. This picked out the run of Ben Cartwright, and a fine header by the St. Helens defender flew into the corner to increase the home sides lead.
St Helens began to run riot and scored a third five minutes later. Elliot Hughes was on hand again to smash home another from close range, latching onto a ball from a free-kick.
Bacup grabbed a goal back to reduce the deficit as Anthony Hall calmy slotted a penalty into the bottom left corner, sending David Jones, who was the busier of the two before the St. Helens onslaught, the wrong way.
HT: St. Helens Town 3-1 Bacup Borough
The hosts began the second period with the same velocity in their period of floods of goals, with total control over the tie. A crisp free-kick from Lewis Hassan allowed Jamie Apperley to get in behind the Bacup defenders, but a tame header was comfortable scooped by the Bacup keeper.
In a fairly uneventful start to the second half, St Helens piled on the pressure and so nearly scoring while making Bacup into unforced errors.
They made the second half pressure pay off as they rounded off their well merited victory. Substitute Dale Korie-Butler slotted past an outrushing Bacup keeper to increase the goal count to four for the hosts. Korie-Butler the turned provider for Elliot Hughes’ hattrick, who’s side-foot volley found the bottom left corner. The St Helens number fifteen looked lively and added another goal. Korie-Butler tapped home the Saints sixth.
FT: St. Helens Town 6-1 Bacup Borough
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