Wrexham overpower Vauxhall Motors 4-0 at Rivacre Park in pre-season friendly match

Jul 21 2010 by Our Correspondent, Birkenhead News

Vauxhall Motors 0

Wrexham 4

TWO goals in each half settled matters as a strong Wrexham side swept aside Vauxhall at Rivacre Park.

With the likes of ex-League players such as Frank Sinclair, Andy Morrell, Andy Mangan and Gareth Taylor in their starting line-up, Dean Saunders’s men looked a class above a Motors side consisting of a number of trialists and regulars looking short of match fitness.

Barely two minutes had elapsed when Andy Mangan gave Wrexham the lead with a neat finish from close range.

Just before the interval, Mangan was involved again by playing a neat one-two with Jamie Tolley who curled a lovely side-footed effort around goalkeeper Scott Tynan from the edge of the box to make it 2-0.

On 77 minutes, Wrexham striker Marc Williams was bundled over in the box and veteran Gareth Taylor comfortably netted the resulting spot-kick.

With just two minutes remaining, Williams set up midfielder Christian Smith who scored the goal of the game with a long range effort which flew into the corner of the net.

VAUXHALL MOTORS: Tynan, Noone, Dames, Taylor, Hannigan, Wilson, Mboa, Noon, Field, Brown, Asgari.

LAST night, Vauxhall took on Tranmere Rovers in another pre-season clash at Rivacre Park. Details from that match can be found on the website www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

THIS Saturday (July 24) the Motormen travel to Witton Albion (3pm kick-off).

VAUXHALL played a low key friendly against Formby last Saturday which they won 1-0. Striker Karl Noon grabbed the goal in the second-half with a smart finish inside the box.