By Mark Duffy

MATLOCK TOWN 1 WHITBY TOWN 5 MAX Howells hit a hattrick as Whitby stormed to victory at Matlock. The writing was on the wall early on for the Gladiators. They conceded just four minutes in and by the break were four down. Things didn’t get a great deal better in the second half. The Seasiders took the lead when a long ball over the top was misjudged by Adam Yates and Howells nipped in to finish well past Saul Deeney.After Nathan Thomas had fired wide soon afterwards, the lead was doubled when Junior Mondal’s shot was deflected and Howells was on h...