His treble was added to by Luke Waterman and Toby Hendy in the atrocious conditions.

Meanwhile the energetic Lewis Fletcher and super stopper Sam Beck both put in top performances.

In the U9 League Cup a fantastic goal from Calum Clarke put Hemel Panthers 1-0 up before a late own goal sealed a 2-0 win over Sun Postal Blue.

Back in the West Herts U10s Comets Blues 3 beat Hemel Aces 3-3 in an entertaining game.

Comets dominated the first half with some good goalkeeping and the woodwork kept the scoreline to 2-0 - Oran Swales and Cameron Brooks netting. Hemel Aces hit in the second half with both goalies keeping their sides in the game.

Extra time saw Comets push hard for the goal and eventually Cameron Brooks finished a nice passing move to win it. He and Josh Price were Comets man of the match.

Another cup match and another defeat for Kings Langley Tigers, who lost 6-2 at home to Bovingdon.

Tigers found it tough after going two behind, with Alex Muriss and Finan O'Driscoll finding the net for the home side.

The West Herts Senior Cup saw Herons slump to a home defeat against Comets.

James Axeford gave Comets the lead, which was short lived, with Herons levelling before the break.

The second half was a mixed bag, with Comets going ahead again via two Jack Evans goals only to be pegged back again.

With minutes to go Mitchel Cole and Aaron Boyer sealed the win.
In the Watford Friendly League U16s Berkhamsted Raiders overcame the weather to smash Evergreen FC 5-1.

Matt Pearson, Dan Tadman, Martin Nield, James Wade and James Redburn (man of the match) all got their names on the scoresheet.

Finally, Echoes U18 stretched their unbeaten league run without playing particularly well.

An even first half ended with Echoes two goals ahead through super strikes from Kyle Batchelor and Miles Francois.

Echoes defence was solid throughout with man of the match Chris Eccles a rock at the back and Nick Woof on form in goal.

Second half strikes from Ollie Gurney and Emi Zavala sealed a 4-0 win for Echoes.