Brentford put on an excellent display beating Enfield Town 6-0 in their first league game of the season on Sunday at Bedfont Sports Club.

The Bees sent a statement to the rest of the league following their emphatic victory over Enfield. Abi Claringbold and Kasey Clifford were at the double with Holly Hawkes and Eshe Davies also netting to add to a perfect day for the B team.

Brentford played a back three of Samantha Jones, Alicia Henry and Izzy Edwards with Holly Hawkes and Lillie Elsbury utilised as wingers. Karen Abou-Abdallah partnered summer arrival Freya Morgan in the central midfield positions with Kasey Clifford playing just ahead of them, whilst Claringbold and Shania Foley lead the line for the B team.

It took Tommy Ryan Maynard’s side just six minutes to get themselves ahead with one of the standout players of last season opening the scoring.

The goal came after Enfield Town failed to clear their lines with Abou-Abdallah picking up the ball on the edge of the box before releasing to Clifford. The midfielder struck the ball low and hard into the bottom corner leaving the Enfield keeper with no chance.

The hosts nearly doubled their lead just a minute later through Foley, the forward, who was making her first competitive start for the side found herself one-on-one with the Enfield keeper after Brentford cleared the opposition’s corner and began a counter attack.

Foley saw her shot saved well by the Enfield No.1 but the Bees continued to put pressure on the visitors.

Brentford were 2-0 before 10 minutes with Claringbold opening her campaign for the season in brilliant fashion.

The forward ran onto a great ball from Elsbury over the Enfield defence before cutting inside from the left flank and curling her shot into the bottom corner.

Enfield were struggling to deal with Brentford’s relentless attacking force as the home side continued to press forward.

Hawkes was next to score for the side, with Elsbury involved again as the wing-back delivered a brilliant cross to the far post finding Hawkes who calmly nodded home.

Evie Witek was making her debut in goal for the Bees with the keeper’s main call to action coming just before the half hour mark when an Enfield midfielder shot from range, but the effort was easily gathered by the new Brentford shot stopper.

Elsbury was on fire for the Bees with her energy causing Enfield real problems, it was the No. 3 who won the ball back for her side inside the opposition’s half which led to the B team’s fourth goal.

The defender found Claringbold with a neat pass before the striker lobbed the Enfield keeper with an audacious chip from 20 yards.

The Bees made it 5-0 before the half-time whistle was blown, Elsbury again was at the heart of the action, this time she was bundled over on the edge of the Enfield box.

Clifford, who has proved to be a dead ball specialist showed composure to tuck her free-kick into the right corner.

The second half proved to be less action packed as Brentford put on an outstanding first half display, first team players Eshe Davies and Rebekah Edwards were introduced to the game in what was both of their first competitive fixtures since giving birth.

Jasmine King, also a first team player got minutes in the second half after recovering from a long-term injury.

Claringbold was denied a hat-trick 10 minutes from time when Edwards drove down the line before cutting a pass back to the striker, but her effort was saved well.

The Bees sealed their win with one final goal eight minutes from time when Clifford found Davies unmarked on the edge box. The striker showed excellent composure to lob the oncoming keeper, ending an excellent day for the side.