Worcester City 3 Barrow 0

JUST when you thought Sean Geddes couldn’t get any better for Worcester City, he conjures up something extraordinary.

The former Manchester United forward is City’s hottest property at the moment, with everything he touches turning to goals.

It’s nine and counting now for the 22-year-old, who has transformed City as an attacking force since he arrived from Stourbridge in September.

His goals have played a key part in the club’s remarkable unbeaten run, which now stands at 12 games following the commanding 3-0 FA Trophy victory over Conference North leaders Barrow.

Geddes stole the headlines with his brilliant brace to see off the challenge of Coventry City in the FA Cup and also bagged two from outside the box against Rugby Town in the same competition.

Last week, Harrogate Town were on the receiving end of a curling effort into the top corner as City swept them aside in North Yorkshire.

But the two Geddes scored at Aggborough to kill off Barrow were equal to any of them, with his first an astonishing “rabona”.

Having neatly turned his marker just inside the box, the diminutive dynamo hooked his right foot behind his left and chipped the ball into the roof of the goal beyond the despairing reach of keeper Aaran Taylor. The execution was pure audacity.

His second, a free-kick that he got up and over the wall from 25 yards, was another out of the top locker.

Had either of those been scored in the Premier League, commentators would have been waxing lyrical about them. That they came in non-league football shows the special player City have on their hands.

Few at this level can produce what Geddes can and the only question that remains is how long can the Blue and Whites keep him at Aggborough?

Scouts were already tracking the goal-machine following his Coventry heroics, his latest double will only have enhanced his reputation.

But if Geddes’ stock is rising, so is that of the City team he orchestrates. They outplayed the league leaders in getting their FA Trophy campaign under way in style.

Once Daniel Nti’s shot had squirmed under the body of Taylor for his eighth of the season and third in two games, following a lung-busting run from inside his own half, the hosts pounced.

Carl Heeley’s side controlled the first-half and, although Barrow briefly got on top at the start of the second period, Geddes snuffed out any thoughts of a comeback.

Shabir Khan also returned to the side for the first time this season and, alongside the excellent Graham Hutchison at centre-half, looked like he had never been away with a sterling display.

To a man, Worcester were superb and on this form will take some stopping.