3154 watched Simon Carden make FC history, as United beat Castleton Gabriels 10-2. He netted an incredible 5 times with some fantastic finishes including a scissor kick and an audacious lob past goalkeeper, Mark Canning.
FC took the lead early with a long range strike from Simon Carden, and soon were 3-0 up with another from Carden and after a good break on the right a calm finish by Josh Howard.
Castleton got a glimmer of hope after a Matthew Russell goal, which included a humorous celebration that received a sarcastic applause from the Manchester Road End for his efforts. This was short lived however as United continued there early dominance of the match with strikes from Orr and Torpey. Then just before half time Simon Carden struck again to claim his first half hat trick with an acrobatic scissor kick after Steve Torpey's free kick hit the bar.
Chants of "We want ten!" as the teams came out for the second half were soon to be fulfilled as FC carried on where they left off with some flowing attacking football. Jonathan Mitten looked a relieved man when he struck in the second half through the keepers legs to make it 7-1, which was followed up with a cheeky lob by Simon Carden which brought his 4th goal of the day and made the score 8-1.
Castleton Gabriels hit back with a second goal by Marcus Smith, but it was nothing more than a consolation as FC United finally gave the fans what they wanted with another goal from Mitten followed by Carden, which saw the score line hit double figures for the first time in FC history.
But the game was marred with a double sending off for each side following an over zealous tackle by Simon Carden on the goalkeeper which lead to a confrontation between Jonathan Mitten and James Gibert, both were shown there marching orders for the dispute.
Joint manager Lee Chadwick felt the sending off to be harsh with only a few minutes left, "The referee should of booked the lad for two footing the keeper in the first place, then he wouldn't of created the problems that he had" and also described the performance as "Men against boys" and felt their performance was worse than the previous fixture between the two teams.
Marginson was pleased with the result and performance and said of Carden, "He's doing what I know he can do, its no surprise to me how many goals he's scoring from midfield, the timing of his runs are first class, and he can definitely finish".
On FC United's new signing (Leon Mike) Marginson added, "He turned his ankle in training on Thursday, we are looking at giving him another weeks training, we will see what the situation is next week at Holker."
Fans need not worry as upon hearing about odds of 250-1 for Marginson to be next Manchester United manager, he said "Wouldn't have it anyway, I'm not going from a club that's not in debt to a club that's going to be near �600m in debt"
2 Rob Nugent
3 Kevin Elvin
4 Steve Spencer
5 Dave Chadwick(captain)
6 David Brown
7 Josh Howard
8 Simon Carden
9 Joz Mitten
10 Steve Torpey
11 Adie Orr
Subs:
12 Tony Coyne
14 Rory Patterson
15 Paul Mitten
Attendance 3154
Scorers
Carden 1, 24, 44, 73, 84, Howard J 17, Orr 33, Torpey 37, Mitten J 63, 79