MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: Pershore Town 4 Chelmsley Town 0. 

PERSHORE Town dished out a lesson in finishing to return to winning ways at a rain-soaked King George V Stadium.

Terry Morton, Charlie Anagho-Ntamark, Jack Downing and a 30-yard lob from substitute Alfie Bloomer punctuated spells of sustained pressure from a Chelmsley side that scarcely looked like threatening the target.

It ended a three-match wait for a Pershore victory to further distance Quentin Townsend’s side from the Midland League Division One danger zone.

The hosts found the opening 20 minutes frustrating on a heavy, sticky pitch as Chelmsley defied the conditions to move the ball well.

Kieran Fitzgerald, Robert Ellis and Richard Learnihan combined for the former to see his cross hurried away in a move typical of that seen throughout the opening exchanges.

Pershore gradually began to threaten with Downing forcing a near post block from keeper James Kelly 23 minutes in and the opener arrived four minutes later.

Downing was again involved, feeding Chris Bright whose pass across the box found Morton free to have his shot blocked on the line by Harry Sweeney before firing in the rebound.

The lead was doubled 11 minutes before half-time with Bright recycling a cleared corner, swirling in from the left for Anagho-Ntamark to get in front of and nudge over the committed Kelly in a busy box.

By the start of the second half the rain had stopped with Chelmsley again enjoying plenty of the ball.

Only Pershore defender James Walker knows whether he briefly felt sorry for his opponents when almost glancing a flicked-on corner into his own net just before the hour but the game was soon put to bed.

Bright was on hand to pick up another cleared set piece, this time by the right corner flag to swing in for Downing to crash home a downward header at the far post.

Adam Keeley had a goal disallowed for sliding in late on keeper Toby Wilcox with Alex Carlin and Brett Fellows going close as Chelmsley finally began to pull the trigger.

Fitzgerald was lucky his incessant moaning did not result in a second yellow card with nine minutes to play with Kaine Williams also having a goal chalked off for the visitors for offside.

And Pershore rubbed salt into the wounds four minutes from time when Bloomer grappled with Sam Sadler to the left of the box before unleashing a perfectly-placed lob across goal that nestled high into the net.

Pershore: Wilcox, Mathewson (Chiwara, 51), Xavier, Walker, Griffiths, Getliff, Webb, Bright, Anagho-Ntamark (Bloomer, 76), Downing, Morton. Unused subs: Waldron, Lane, Townsend.