Dom Ballard's hat-trick set Southampton's youngsters on their way to a dominant 5-1 Under-18s Premier League victory at West Brom on Saturday.
After a competitive opening half an hour, Kamari Doyle opened the scoring for Saints with a low finish into the far corner.
The second only came four minutes later, Ballard with his first of the afternoon with a delightful lob over keeper Ronnie Hollingshead on 36 minutes.
120 seconds later and it was three, Ballard using his strength to shield the ball before curling an effort just out of reach of the keeper.
Doyle got his second just a minute later, cutting in from the right-hand-side before finding that far corner once again and making it 4-0 to Saints before 40 minutes had been played.
The fifth had to wait until the 67th minute, Ballard notching his hat-trick with a close range finish, before the hosts grabbed a consolation through Mackenzie Lamb with just under 15 minutes to play.
Saints are next in action on Saturday 30th October, hosting Brighton at Staplewood Campus.
West Bromwich Albion
1 |
Ronnie Hollingshead (GK)
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2 |
Alex Williams
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3 |
Josh Shaw
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4 |
Narel Phillips
Tobias Hurlock (75′)
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5 |
Leon Machisa
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6 |
Mark Chidi
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7 |
Fenton Hoard
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8 |
Mat Richards
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9 |
Reyes Cleary
Mackenzie Lamb (46′)
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10 |
Reece Hall
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11 |
Archie Oliver
Femi Olofinjana (46′)
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Substitutes
12 |
Mackenzie Lamb |
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13 |
Beau Hudd |
14 |
Dan N'Goma |
15 |
Femi Olofinjana |
16 |
Tobias Hurlock |
Southampton
1 |
Eddie Beach (GK)
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2 |
Josh Squires
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3 |
Joshua Lett
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4 |
Jem Hewlett (C)
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5 |
Leon Pambou
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6 |
Kaya Tshaka
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7 |
Rylee Wright
Ryan Chavez-Munoz (71′)
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8 |
Cameron Bragg
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9 |
Dominic Ballard
Tommy-Lee Higgs (75′)
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10 |
Kamari Doyle
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11 |
Fedel Ross-Lang
Luke Pearce (57′)
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Substitutes
13 |
Gustav Lillienberg |
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14 |
Ryan Chavez-Munoz |
15 |
Tommy-Lee Higgs |
16 |
Luke Pearce |