St George’s ensured that the defence of their Canada Life Premier League title got off to a winning start with a comfortable 8-1 victory at Castletown Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Liam Cowin broke the deadlock with the opening goal on 10 minutes before Sean Quaye converted a Chris Bass Jr corner to make it two.
The home side then rallied and Alex Crawley pulled one back with a fine finish.
The hosts battled hard and stayed in contention until shortly before the break when three quick goals put the visitors well in command.
Reece Thompson made it 3-1 before two well-taken goals from Calum Morrissey made it 5-1 at the interval.
It took the visitors some time to find the net during the second period with Town keeper Jake Sansbury in superb form.
A late flourish of three further goals, however, confirmed the comprehensive win with Bass and Ciaran McNulty (2) providing some highly impressive strikes.