This was a terrific performance, just what the fans and the team needed after the upset of the Presidents Cup defeat at Long Eaton in mid-week.
Dave Bramley returned to the Boro goal in place of Arran Reid and following a lively start by the men in red it took just 4 minutes for them to take a 1-0 lead, Richard Medcalf was given the opportunity following a header from Scott Phillips and he made no mistake, even better news was to follow just 6 minutes later as 'Boro' extended their lead, this time Craig Hogg the scorer, it was one way traffic and a whitewash looked to be on the cards.
But completely against the run of play Selby Town managed to pull 1 goal back thanks to Steve Lyon and as Boro attempted to regain their 2 goal advantage it would be Selby who would be next on the scoresheet again, this time a poor back header from the usually reliable Graham Botham allowed Selby's Liam Radford to score the equalising goal for his side.
Selby should never have been back on level terms, but it only took 2 minutes of play before Boro deservedly regained their lead.
A mistake by the Selby 'keeper following his block from Richard Medcalf shot allowed Craig Hogg to follow up and score Boro's 3rd goal, and as much as the team pressed for more goals they had to be content with the 3-2 scoreline as the half time whistle blew.
The 2nd half got under way just as the 1st half had finished with Boro the better team, they had missed some excellent chances to add to their lead before Craig Hogg added to his brace and completed his hat trick in the 65th minute after a glorious header following a Joe Conner free kick.
Town hit a Boro post and were unlucky with the goal line clearance which followed but in fairness it was very much one way and Boro eventually scored their 5th goal with just 10 minutes of the game remaining, a Richard Medcalf shot left the Town 'keeper helpless and the 5-2 scoreline was a fair reflection of how the game had been. Boro pressed to the end but as the final whistle blew they had to be content with the 5-2 score, an excellent all round team performance.
The top of the table now sees Bridlington Town on top, Armthorpe are 2nd and Boro 3rd, all are on 18 points.
I would like to mention the "man in the middle",There are some pretty hopeless officials in this league but I thought todays referee Mr C Duval had an excellent game, and if I were to score him marks out of ten, I would give him 8 following this game.
THE BORO TEAM TODAY:
Bramley
Moore
Botham
Craven
Kemp
Conner
Griffin
Phillips
Hogg
Medcalf
Logan
SUBS:
Ellis
Hartley
Routledge
ATTENDANCE 473
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