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Salford City 3 Hallam 0

Frank McCauley
20/12/2007

SALFORD City had a comfortable passage through to the last 32 of the FA Carlsberg Vase at Moor Lane on Saturday.

Sheffield opposition Hallam FC from the Northern Counties East League had little to offer against a City side which dominated the match in all departments.

The home team, who are joint top of the Vodkat-sponsored North West Counties League first division, bossed the game to such an extent that their keeper Andy Robertson did not have a single serious save to make.

Once Salford had got the measure of Hallam in the opening 15 minutes they began to stamp their authority on the game and could easily have had it won by half-time.

Stephen Brackenridge was the first to test visiting keeper Scott Dinnigan before City went in front on 25 minutes when Tommy Turner finished a delightful build-up with a shot past Dinnigan.

Minutes later, Jon Robinson worked himself into a good position but shot wide before Lathan Forrester saw his curling effort narrowly miss the target.

Constant Salford pressure paid off five minutes from the interval when Kenny Tudor doubled the scoreline.

From a corner kick he got on the end of a downward header from Robinson and slammed the ball home.

Robinson, Turner and Forrester all missed opportunities to increase the lead before the half-time whistle sounded.

And City took even more control of the match after the break.

Hallam were struggling to come to grips with a lively home attack and a strong midfield, in which Tunji Moses and Craig Buckley excelled, and they relied on Dinnigan to keep the scoreline respectable.

Excellent saves again denied Robinson, Turner and Forrester before substitute Carl Lomax completed the scoring with his first touch of the ball on 80 minutes. He volleyed past Dinnigan from 12 yards out to send City through to a fourth round tie at Coventry Sphinx in mid-January.

City return to league action with a home game against Nelson on Saturday, December 22, kick-off 3pm. Salford will go clear at the top of the table should they avoid defeat in the Moor Lane clash.