A HIGHLY-IMPRESSIVE Silsden cruised to 5-0 win against Garstang in the FA Vase first qualifying round on Saturday, with summer signing Lamin Janneh hitting a hat-trick.

Janneh, only named in the starting XI after an injury to Jos Bradshaw in the warm-up, bagged the Cobbydalers’ first three goals, before full-back Alex Stewart and winger Arale Mohamed opened their accounts for their new club.

Former Eccleshill United star Talent Ndlovu also grabbed a hat-trick of assists on a superb afternoon for Silsden.

The Cobbydalers controlled the action for the most part, and although the visitors created a few chances, stand-in keeper Paul Day and his defence stood firm to hold on to their clean sheet.

Striker Janneh got the hosts off to the best possible start.

After only four minutes, he picked up the ball on the halfway line and used his pace to beat two men before slotting a cool finish into the bottom corner.

The Sils were denied a second soon after, with a brilliant stop from Will Kitchen in the Garstang goal denying Ndlovu from six yards out.

For the remainder of the half, both sides mostly shot from range, Day being called into action to tip a speculative 30-yard drive over his crossbar on 30 minutes.

The second half started in identical fashion to the first.

Luke Brooksbank ran in behind and his fierce strike was parried into the path of Janneh, who rifled the ball through a crowd of bodies and into the net.

He added his and the Cobbydalers’ third goal just three minutes later, finding space on the edge of the penalty area, before turning and rocketing a strike into the top left corner.

Stewart was next on the score sheet, making a marauding run from left-back before being picked out by Ndlovu.

The youngster nipped in ahead of the keeper to poke home a first in Cobbydalers colours.

A corner routine straight from the training ground provided the fifth goal. Ndlovu’s cross was dummied by Arley Barnes, allowing Mohamed to smash the ball home beyond Kitchen.

It was a fantastic result and performance from the West Yorkshire side, who progress to the second qualifying round of the FA Vase as a result.

They make the trip to face Harrogate Railway on September 24 in that next round..

Next up for Silsden is a midweek trip to Winterton Rangers on Wednesday as they look to continue their decent start to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division season.