Young guns fire

Former Magpie, now at Bashley, Ryan Moss grabbed a consolation penalty for the hosts while on target for the Gunners were Jay Simpson with a hat-trick, Mark Randall with two and Nacer Barazite.

Dorchester's commercial manager, whose been with the club for 15 years, said: "It's been a great night and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and a lot of thanks go to Stuart Morgan for getting Neil Banfield to bring an Arsenal side down here and everyone from Arsenal who came down.

"I thought we did alright, if we had scored a couple of goals when we had chances it might have been more respectable but those kids are quality players."

The youthful Gunners were the first to go close in the 13th minute when Randall curled an effort from 20 yards just over the bar.

Sixty seconds later though they broke the deadlock. Simpson was afforded too much time on the left corner of the Magpies' penalty area and he spotted keeper Mark Ormerod off his line and subsequently lobbed him.

Barazite then flashed an effort wide with just Ormerod to beat before Simpson doubled his tally on 24 minutes.

The Arsenal skipper received the ball in space 20 yards out and curled it into Ormerod's top corner.

Barazite went close with a similar effort just a minute later.

On 28 minutes Dorchester created their first opportunity as Matt Holmes crossed low from the right for Matt Groves who could not get enough on the header to direct it goalwards.

Randall then made it 3-0 just past the half-hour mark - cleverly chipping Ormerod from 25 yards.

James Dunne and Randall both tried their luck from outside the area while Barazite and Simpson should have added to the score before half-time but both were guilty of wasting golden opportunities.

Dorchester's substitute keeper, youngster Sean Lillington, was called into action early in the second period as he palmed away Kieran Gibbs' effort from close-range before Randall fired just wide.

But in the 52nd minute Simpson finally claimed his treble, racing on to a through ball before beating the outstretched dive of Lillington.

The Magpies' best chance fell to replacement forward Moss. Playing as a makeshift striker Nathan Peprah-Annan outmuscled fellow substitute Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and found himself in a two-on-one break, but after finding Moss just inside the box, the Bashley man fired way over the top.

The best goal of the night came via Randall. From a free-kick 20 yards out Barazite flicked the ball up in the air for Randall who sent a first-time volley flying into the back of the Dorchester net for 5-0.

The county town outfit pulled a goal back from the penalty spot. Moss was sent crashing to the ground by Emmanuel-Thomas and he dusted himself down to take the spot kick and send sub goalie Wojciech Szczesny the wrong way.

Straight from the restart the Gunners tried their luck but Lillington was alert to the danger, and just 60 seconds later he foiled Rene Steer.

Peprah-Annan was inches away from scoring as his effort, which beat Szczesny, came back off a post.

Lillington then made a great recovery to stop Randall on the goal-line but he could do nothing as Barazite fired low into the corner from 18 yards with three minutes to go.

Abu Ogogo should have scored with the final chance of the game but was thwarted by Lillington when two yards out.

Dorchester XI: Mark Ormerod (Sean Lillington 46), Martyn Sullivan (Gary Bowles 58), Jake Smeaton (Jamie Gleeson 65), Roy O'Brien (Mark Robinson 65), Alex Browne, Scott Morgan (Andy Harris 58), Steve Richardson (Darren Watts 50), Matt Holmes (Tommy Killick 70), Matt Groves (Ryan Moss 50), Owen Pickard (Nathan Peprah-Annan 58), Jamie Gleeson (Mark Jermyn 46).

Arsenal XI: Vito Mannone (Wojciech Szczesny 46), Abu Ogogo, Rene Steer, James Dunne (Craig Eastmond 50), Gavin Hoyte (Jay Emmanuel-Thomas 50), Paul Rodgers, Luke Ayling (Anton Blackwood 50), Mark Randall, Jay Simpson (Nacer Barazite 61), Nacer Barazite (Jonas Rasmussen 50), Kieran Gibbs (Tom Cruise 50).

Referee: Mark Derrien (Dorchester)