ANDOVER Lions recorded their biggest victory in 121 years as they smashed Hampshire League Cup opponents Lyndhurst 15-1 last weekend.

The Lions roared into the second round of the competition with the demolition of Lyndhurst who have proved a bogey team for Andover over the last few seasons.

However Lions underlined their desire to overturn that when Lock opened the scoring inside the first minute.

The striker latched on to a poorly headed back pass and coolly slotted past the Lyndhurst keeper to put Lions 1-0 up but they were pegged back minutes five minutes later when Phillips hit a stinging 25 yards flying into the top corner.

Lions hit back immediately when Stringer calmly slotted home from inside the box and at this point the flood gates opened as Andover continued to pour forward.

Stringer added his second with a bursting run from midfield before rounding off with a delicate chip over the Lyndhurst keeper to put Lions 3-1 up.

Lock added his second with five minutes of the half remaining and wrapped up his first half hat-trick just before the break after latching on to a pinpoint cross from Kris Hudson.

Lions continued their scoring form after the interval with half time substitute Dean Smith taking just a minute to open his tally and he added his second to put Andover 7-1 up.

Zach Neve replaced Lock and he notched Andover’s eighth before setting up Jazz Beavis for a deserved goal.

Neve pushed Andover into double figures after the 70th minute and grabbed his hat-trick just a minute later, heading in from close range.

The striker then added his fourth and his last of the game to put Andover up to 12-1.

The frantic scoring dried up for the next 10 minutes, until Smith added his third eight minutes from time to make him the third Lions player to secure a hat-trick.

Late substitute Ryan Steele added two more in the closing stages of the match to round up the scoring and finish an incredible game of football.

After the match Lions Manager John Smith, said: “We were magnificent today.

“We spoke before hand about the importance of playing as a team and not as individuals and everyone listened and that’s why the goals came.

“Last week everyone wanted to do it on their own and it doesn’t work but as a unit it does and we were outstanding today, a real team performance.”

The club records revealed that this was the biggest victory for Andover in 121 years but it did not quite match the highest score ever which was when a score of 17-1 was recorded in a victory over Guilder Rovers in the Salisbury League in 1894.