The Hatters Under-18s maintained their brilliant start to the season with a 7-0 thumping of Swindon at The Brache in the Youth Alliance on Saturday morning.

Joe Deeney’s side were in command as early as the first minute when Sam Hincapie-Alfonso volleyed home Nassim El Gourja’s across after just 44 seconds.

It got better for the Town 10 minutes in when Enoch Kwame Anson found David Gawel and the striker plundered a stunning finish from 30 yards beyond the Swindon goalkeeper to make it 2-0.

Four minutes later it was three when Hincapie-Alfonso struck his second goal after Darren Frimpong-Kwakye had disposessed the Swindon centre-back of the ball.

Ahead at the break, the Hatters doubled their advantage with a three-goal burst inside four second-half minutes to lead 6-0.

Archie Shepherd set-up Gawel to tuck home from 12 yards on 62 minutes, El Gourja tapped in after a Frimpong-Kwakye shot was parried two minutes later before Gawel completed his hat-trick after being found by a quick free-kick by El Gourja.

The scoring was completed in injury time when Jerome Passley-James robbed the Swindon defence of the ball to slide in Shepherd who made no mistake with a calm finish from 12 yards.

The win keeps the young Hatters top of the Youth Alliance and next up is a PDL Cup tie with Colchester next weekend.

Deeney’s side have now won their past four league games to an aggregate score of 18-1.

“Once again we started superbly but we said at half-time we wanted to keep that going in the second half and we did, we were brilliant second half,” said Deeney afterwards.

“This is a young group – we’re mostly first-year scholars at the minute – and the lads are showing great character and intensity after a busy schedule of matches.”

Town: Booth, Richards, Frimpong-Kwakye, Passley-James, Barnes, Kwane Anson, Asamoah Junior, El Gourja, Gawel, Lesser, Hincapie-Alfonso.

Subs: Flynn, Shepherd, Knote-Reed, Burton-Green, Takawira.