It was the Shofowoke show again as Peterborough United breeze through another round of the FA Youth Cup
Bolu Shofowoke completed back-to-back FA Youth Cup hat-tricks as Peterborough United eased into the third round with a 6-0 win over Boldmere St Michaels at the Weston Homes Stadium on Monday night.
The 17 year-old striker with the two-year professional contract followed his treble against Lincoln City in the first round with another against much lower level opposition.
The visitors has worked wonders to get this far in this competition and worked and ran hard tonight, but they were predictably outclassed.
Boldmere’s resistance lasted just seven minutes when an unfortunate own goal gave Posh the lead, but they managed to avoid further damage until seven minutes before the break when Patryk Sykut used nimble feet to create an opening for himself which he took with clinical precision.
Sykut had earlier whistled a shot wide just before Maxim Miltyalwa headed a golden chance over the crossbar.
It then became the Shofowoke show as he intercepted a back pass on 43 minutes to make it 3-0 at the break and four minutes after the re-start he struck again after using his pace to break clear and his class to finish.
On 64 minutes Shofowoke caused havoc in the Boldmere back line once more. He raced past his marker and went round the goalkeeper before crossing for Miltyalwa to bundle home.
Naturally the teenager Posh expect to see challenging for a first-team slot next season had the last word 16 minutes from time, forcing the ball home from close range after good work from substitute Harry Bushell.
Shofowoke was promptly taken off to save Boldmere from further punishment.
Posh: Westcott, Ndonjang (sub Bushell, 65 mins), Joseph, Christoudias, Mendonca (sub Aikens 50 mins), Arber, McWilliams-Marcano, Fox (sub Simmons, 76 mins), Shofowoke (sub Norville, 76 mins), Sykut (sub Crozier, 65 mins), Miltyalwa. Unused subs: Dagne, Al-Sammour.