CAMPBELLTOWN Uniting Church soccer team went down 5-0 to Narellan Rangers' dominant display of attacking football in their M-League game on Sunday.
The Church team matched Narellan for the first 15 minutes at Nott Oval until goalkeeper Peter Whicker fumbled the ball, which led to Narellan scoring the first goal from a goalmouth scramble.
Mark Street pounced on the loose ball and bundled it into the net to give Narellan the lead.
The second goal came from a free kick when Church goalkeeper made a good save, but parried the ball into the path of Narellan's Josh McMillan, who blasted the ball home from close range.
Narellan scored again through Daniel Attard to take a 3-0 lead into the break.
Church rarely troubled Narellan's goal in the second half with most attacking raid being stifled before Church players reached the penalty box.
Second half goals from Narellan's Alan Golledge and Adrian English finished the Church team off.
Coach Richard Whicker admitted his team was outgunned by a determined Narellan.
``There were a couple of silly goals we lost and we just weren't as strong as Narellan and weren't in the match,'' Whicker said.
``We're just a young team that's been put together this year and we're learning from every game.
``Our goalkeeper made a couple of good stops but the difference was, Narellan had a few players backing up and they were there to come in for the rebound, that's what we were lacking.''
With only a few scoring chances in the second half, the Church team let in another two second-half goal to be convincingly beaten.
``The score could have been anything,'' Whicker said.
Taking some positives from the loss, Whicker noted that Ryan Keegan, on the left side, ran all game and put great crosses in.
Jason Thorne did well in midfield and Thomas Petrie and Juan Soto put in great efforts.
Narellan will renew rivalries in an away game with the Church team at Lynwood Park on Sunday.
In Sunday's other M-League games, Minto host Gunners, Camden Falcons are at home against Bradbury, Appin host Eschol Park and Harrington Park are at home against St Mary's Eagle Vale.