Cowes made the worst possible start against Blackfield & Langley at Westwood on Saturday, conceding two goals in the opening four minutes.
A throw-in from the right touch-line had the home defence hesitating and Mike Newman nipped in to head home.
Jamie Dyer thought he had equalised straight from the kick-off, but he had strayed off-side and in their next attack, the visitors doubled their lead, Newman scoring again after a goal-mouth scramble.
Cowes knuckled down to their task, but were restricted to a number of long-range shots from Tom Dye, until on the stroke of half-time, his brother, Harry tried his luck from distance and forced a corner, which Jamie Dyer whipped in for Lee Davies to score emphatically from close range.
Ten minutes into the second half, Cowes levelled the scores when, following a throw-in, the ball bobbled around the box until Alex Harvey forced it over the line, much to the annoyance of the Blackfield defence, who appealed in vain for a handball.
Midway through the half Blackfield regained the lead, Mike Durdey running through unchallenged, before firing in a shot which Chris Norris parried, but could not prevent dropping in under the bar.
Blackfield’s fourth was a comedy of errors as Charlie Allen’s back-pass foced Chris Norris into a sliced clearance and when the resulting cross came in, Mike Newman had a simple tap-in to complete the scoring and his own personal hat-trick.
Match report by Pete Jeffrey
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