Football: BECK IN THE OLD ROUTINE AS PLACE IN SEMI-FINALS IS SECURED IN STYLE.

Byline: by TIM JOHNSON

ANOTHER blistering second half display by Archbishop Beck Sports College secured a place in the last four of the under-12 ESFA Match Schools' Cup, with a 6-0 win over local rivals Maghull High School.

The Aintree lads only seem to come to life after half-time. In the competition's seventh round they netted nine times in the second period against Cardinal Newman School to win 10-1.

This time it was five, with three coming in the opening six minutes.

Michael Muscatt's shot put them ahead, three minutes before the interval and confidence was high at the restart.

Within three minutes the lively Rhys Hardacre crossed for Ryan Ellison to volley home.

Two minutes later Joel Woods got on the end of another pinpoint Hardacre centre for the second. Almost straight from the kick off 'Archies' were on the attack again and Luke Brennan volleyed home the fourth.

Maghull were clearly rocked by the intensity of the opening and never seemed to recover from conceding just before the break.

Prior to this onslaught they had matched Beck in the game, and after a wonderful save from Todd Barnes, from Brennan, they might have taken the lead, but the hard working Callum Tyson, pulled his shot wide.

With six minutes left Johnjoe Kenny split the defence with a well-timed pass and Hardacre deservedly got his name on the score sheet.

Brian Lee netted the six after Jordan Rossiter and Hardacre again combined neatly to create the opening.

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