THERE were goals galore at The Office Interiors Stadium on Thursday night as Silsden ran riot over local rivals Ilkley Town with a highly-impressive 7-2 victory.

Despite going behind early on, the Cobbydalers were 3-1 up by half time with goals from Arale Mohamed and a brace from Jos Bradshaw.

In the second half, Bradshaw completed his hat-trick and further goals were added by skipper Kyle Hancock, Finn Donovan and Trialist D.

Silsden found themselves behind early on when an Ilkley corner was missed by everyone in a red shirt, leaving Blake Wood to head home at the far post.

The hosts quickly pulled themselves together and pressed for an equaliser.

It would be new man Mohamed who grabbed his first Sils goal on 26 minutes when an error from the visiting defence left him a simple tap in to level the scores.

Bradshaw then turned the game on its head just five minutes later, with good work down the right allowing him space on the edge of the area, where he beat his man and poked a low finish into the Ilkley goal.

He added his second on 38 minutes.

A dinked through pass sent the towering number nine one-on-one and he kept his composure to bury the chance on the half-volley, last year's Player of the Season proving why he's valued so highly at The Office Interiors Stadium.

Half-time did little to halt Silsden's momentum and on 53 minutes, when captain Kyle Hancock stepped up to curl a 30-yard free kick into the bottom corner, the game looked all but over.

The Sils fans had barley finished celebrating that goal when Bradshaw grabbed the fifth and his third just a minute later. A goalmouth scramble saw the ball drop at the number nine's feet half a yard out; possibly his easiest goal in a Silsden shirt.

The Baht'atters players might be forgiven for giving up at this point but they hit back almost instantly through a James Hudson strike.

For those who might have lost count, the score stood at 5-2 at this point, with 35 minutes still to play.

Any hopes of a miraculous Ilkley comeback were quickly squashed by Silsden winger Donovan.

His neat footwork allowed him space in the area and his cool finish summed up a ruthless afternoon for the hosts.

There was even time to add a seventh goal. Two trialists combining well, with B crossing for D to tap home and complete the rout.

All in all, it was an impressive result for Silsden and manager Matt Cavanagh was keen to praise his players following the result.

He said: "After 20 minutes, they got their head around the shape I've been looking for.

"It's something we worked on in training on Tuesday and we've been developing a structure of how we want to go about things.

"The lads did really well in that regard and dominated the remainder of the game"

Silsden did lose at the weekend though, going down 3-2 in an exciting clash at Stockport Town. They are looking to arrange one more friendly for tomorrow, before starting their NCEL Premier Division season at Bottesford Town on Saturday.

Steeton lost to Campion 6-0 last midweek, while they were beaten 3-0 against Squires Gate on Saturday.

They have one more friendly, against Knaresborough Town tomorrow night, before kicking off the NWCFL First Division North campaign at home to Cleator Moor Celtic this coming weekend.