Sidley hit for six by Hassocks

The Blues were five goals down at half time as their injury problems really came home to roost.

Sidley actually made a bright start with half chances falling to Scott McDonald and Peter Baker, but the writing was on the wall from the moment Hassocks took the lead on seven minutes when a Phil Gault shot ricocheted off the backside of Dave Henham and past goalkeeper Peter Newstead.

Hassocks struck four more times before the interval. A significant deflection enabled Matt Robbins to make it two before Gault completed a first half hat-trick with a free header and a close range finish, the latter after Newstead had pulled off a superb save to keep out an initial effort. Peter Lear claimed the fifth with a header which Jordan Wood could only thump into the roof of his own net.

The scoring was rounded off on 64 minutes when Anthony Hibbert tucked away a penalty awarded for a foul by Newstead.

"The first half was very poor. We lacked a physical presence and at times it was like men against boys," said Sidley joint manager Andy Laskey. "The second half was a hundred times better."