Frome’s league quest took them to Wellington in search of another three points.

On a very wet pitch, with a strong wind in their faces, Frome started brightly, with Christmas getting two early chances in the first ten minutes; her second effort hitting the post.

Frome’s early pressure soon paid dividends, after some good work down the right saw Ratcliffe burst to the byline and fire a fine ball to the back post, where Isaacson lurked to sweep home Frome’s first. The second for Frome soon came, this time from the left, with the dangerous Brant involved after her lively start, and Christmas and Isaacson both playing their part. The ball ultimately ended up at the feet of Underhill in the box, who passed it into the bottom corner, giving the home keeper no chance.

The Wellington Ladies, to their credit, kept pushing forward, using the wind to their advantage, but the strong Frome back-four and hard-working midfield mopped up any advances to keep the score line 2-0 going into the break.

Frome came out strongly in the second half, starting with a headed effort going just-wide from Underhill after a nice cross from Petteford on the right. Frome, somehow, on the now-boggy pitch, kept their neat, short passing game going in the middle. Didymus and Bristow combined well to feed Petteford on the edge of the area, who put through Isaacson to beat the keeper at her near post for her second of the game.

Frome, now in top gear, didn’t hold back, and Underhill went through one-on-one and did everything right by lifting the ball over the keeper with a fine chip, only to see her goal-bound effort tapped in a yard out by Isaacson to secure her hat-trick. Moments later, Underhill made no mistake in getting her second goal after being put through again by the

midfielders.

Frome, now 5-0 up with twenty minutes still to play, may well have seen many opponents collapse, but not Wellington, who still pushed for a goal, especially down their right. One push forward was stopped by Isaacson, who rose well to claim the ball with both hands – oops!

The hard-working Christmas still found time to get herself a couple of goals, the first a proper looping wind-assisted shiner, but the second a more conventional shot well-put away. Working hard right to the final whistle, Petteford grabbed a deserved goal late on, again teed up by the impressive Bristow.

The Player of the Match was given to Brant, who defended superbly throughout and also pushed forward, threatening to score in the first half. Frome Ladies would also like to thank Wellington for their hospitality, and wish them all the best for the remaining season.

Next week, another trip down the A303 to take on Ash Rangers in a rearranged League fixture.

Kevin Restorick