The visitors this time were the established North East team Chester-Le-Street who travelled south to Thornton to play against a Fleetwood team made up mostly of the new crop of players.
The game kicked off at 2pm and after a structured team talk from Mark Bowley and a high tempo warm up the players started bright. The visitors tried to play football whenever they were given the opportunity, this was in brief spells as the Fleetwood players pressured play all over the pitch and when in possession allowed the ball to move freely and with purpose.
Fleetwood broke the deadlock with a positive piece of play down the left and when the ball was crossed into the box Josh Few found himself diving in at the back post and turning the ball into the net. The score line stayed the same to half time. The half time team talk was positive reflecting the play.
The visitors levelled the score line with a good piece of play but this only provided Fleetwood with the drive to press for more goals. Both teams played some good football but it was Fleetwood who were the more positive and with further goals from Josh Few from a corner and a great strike from Gino King the score went to 3-1. The strike from King was his second of the game, with his first only being denied by a fantastic save from the visiting goal keeper.
The visitors reduced the score line only to see Henry Ogden score a fine individual first goal for him and the fourth goal for Fleetwood. The score line finished 4-2 and showed that the new intake of players have both the drive and determination to succeed. The performance being a reflection of the pre-season coaching with the players using technical and tactical information gained in training and putting it into practise on the pitch.
