Heacham too strong for Dereham in Thurlow Nunn Premier Division clash

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In a Thurlow Nunn Premier Division clash, Heacham showcased their strength and dominance over Dereham. The match between the two teams exhibited a clear difference in performance and skill, with Heacham emerging as the stronger side.

Heacham manager David Griggs hailed last night's 4-0 victory over Dereham as one of the best results in the club's history.

A brace from Luke Gray, a stunning strike from Nathan Davies and an own goal saw the Magpies brush aside the visitors at the Heacham Sports Field.

The result avenged the 5-1 defeat in the reverse fixture last month and stretched Heacham's unbeaten run in the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division to five games. 

Griggs said: "It probably has to go down as one of the biggest in the club's history. Having a club like Dereham Town come here shows how far we've come as a club.

"To go on and win the game and do it in that style is fantastic. We thought it would be a game of two halves and didn't think 1-0 would be enough at half-time.

"We expected Dereham to come at us early in the second half, but as soon as we scored our second we knew they were beat."

Heacham have taken time to adapt to life in the Premier Division after losing five of their opening six fixtures and Griggs spoke about the club's upturn in fortunes.

"They absolutely outclassed us at their place a few weeks ago and that was hard to take," he admitted.

"To turn it around tonight is a nice feeling, we've improved. We've changed system, we're asking lads to do different jobs and training has been different.

"It was like the Thetford game here a few weeks back, but today we created good chances.

"We're into injury time in the game, we are 4-0 up and there are people throwing their bodies at balls on the line to make sure we didn't concede. That's what it meant to us."

Dereham enjoyed plenty of early possession, but Heacham remained disciplined without the ball and gave the visitors an early reminder of their capabilities when Gray skied a Fletcher Toll cross over the woodwork. offline slip-on 'anthracite', yeezy boost 750 black, air max 97 muslin pink foam

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