Jon Dinzeyi’s 37th-minute dismissal for a second yellow card seemingly left us with an uphill task in the Under-18 Premier League at Hotspur Way on Saturday and, with the Royals showing their usual physical strength and looking a threat in the air, you wondered how much we’d miss the towering height of the central defender.
But we continued to dominate the game with Reo Griffiths firing us ahead just before half-time before going on to complete his second hat-trick in as many Saturdays with the last kick of the game.
Lively winger Jneil Bennett also got on the scoresheet with our third goal in the 82nd minute, shortly after an excellent goal-line clearance from Brooklyn Lyons-Foster that typified a fine display from a revamped back four after the interval.