Monmouth Town 5 Newport Civil Service 0

Monmouth Town's Kingfishers put in their best performance of the season and humbled Gwent County Champions Newport Civil Service and in the process went one better than the last time the visitors had come to Monmouth, that time a 5 - 1 reverse on a balmy night in April, 2007.

If anything this victory was even more comprehensive as high flying Civil rarely threatened the Town goal and looked desperately short on ideas and commitment all afternoon in stark contract to the Kingfisher line up which saw every player putting in man of the match performances.

None more so than strike duo Bowen and Tranter, with Bowen restored to the starting line up and again forming an effective partnership which caused the Civil defence problems all afternoon.

Commanding midfield performances from Alderdice and Kennedy formed the platform for a wholly deserved victory which was secured with a flurry of three goals in a five minute spell before the break.

First Tranter converted from a corner flicked on by Bowen for his third in his three games so far then Spence got his second senior goal meeting a superb delivery from Dean Palmer with a bullet header before Bowen got his reward, chipping the goalkeeper from the edge of the area.

The second half continued in a similar vein as Civil visibly wilted and Alderdice headed in from a corner on the hour. Smith and Tranter forced two great saves from the visiting keeper before substitute Sam McCoy finished proceedings with a cool finish after Davies had won three strong challenges to set him up for a clear run on goal.

Stand in Manager Barry Burns was delighted with the win "That was just awesome. Everyone was just magnificent today and if we can turn in those performances week in week out we can beat anyone"

Singling out Bowen for particular praise he continued "Boucher was terrific today and seems to relish his partnership with Tranter. He's been on the bench for the last couple of games but has responded brilliantly when he's come on.

"When he's up for it there's no one better in this division. He doesn't give defenders a moments peace."