An Alfie Hall hat-trick was the main feature of this highly competitive pre-season friendly at Littlehampton Town; as the heat off the pitch was, at times, matched by the heat on it.
Frankie Perry made it two goals in two pre-season friendlies, as Worthing eventually overcame the stubborn resistance of Baffins Milton Rovers at a sun-soaked PMC Stadium.
Reds roared into a five-nil lead by the midway point of the first half as Three Bridges were overwhelmed at Woodside.
Two goals from Shaq Gwengwe helped a Worthing team that included no fewer than eleven teenagers to a three-nil win at sunny Selsey.
Worthing can consider themselves unfortunate not to come away with at least a draw from a game against the full-time professionals of Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s.
It may not have been The Amex or Stamford Bridge but those in attendance at The Lashmar on Tuesday night weren’t bothered as 271 of them were there to finally enjoy live football again, with Worthing running out seven-nil winners.
Shaq Gwengwe - one of nine changes at half-time - came on to turn this latest friendly around after former favourite Chas WIlliamson had given the Wessex League visitors a shock fifty-fifth minute lead.
Worthing strolled to a nine-nil victory against Southern Combination League visitors Loxwood, as the Starkey brothers set the benchmark for goal of the season and Ollie Pearce scored four.
A late flurry of goals from half-time substitutes Ollie Starkey and Reece Myles-Meekums eventually saw Worthing to a hard-fought win over Littlehampton Town at The Sportsfield.
Worthing finally returned to action at The Crucial Environmental Stadium as they swept aside Pagham with a late Jasper Pattenden hat-trick rounding off an emphatic victory.
