Merthyr T 2 – 1 Wealdstone

January 23, 2020 ⋅ 2006-07
MerthyrMerthyr Tydfil
FA Trophy3QR

2 - 1

WealdstoneWealdstone
KO: 0:00 | Sat 25th Nov ’06

Stones travelled to Merthyr for this FA Trophy tie and Manager Gordon Bartlett made a couple of changes to try and reverse the result of last weekend. His plans though were thrown further into disarray when Lee Carroll pulled out on the morning of the match with a recurrence of his eye problem.

Stones went a goal behind on 23 minutes – a long punt upfield from the home side saw their striker react quickest and he broke free to shoot past Swain.

With the wind behind them Merthyr pressured Stones throughout the half but the score remained 1-0 at half time.

Stones played with the wind to their backs in the second half, but shortly into the half a 15 man scuffle saw both sides were reduced to ten men, though we’re not really sure why, Stuart Bamford off for Wealdstone.

Stones did equalise when Gavin Bamford headed home a free kick in stones best spell of the match, Graeme Montgomery also seeing a shot come back off the bar, but to complete the scoring, Stones saw a penalty awarded against them with 13 to go, and this was duly converted to leave a bleak journey home the only reward.

Wealdstone: Mitch Swain, Josias Carbon, Fergus Moore, Kevin Swift s Lee Chappell, Stuart Bamford, Gavin Bamford 47, John Christian s Michael Currie, Chris O’Leary , Matt Gooderick s Wayne Cort, Dean Papali, Graeme Montgomery, Subs Not Used: Stanislav Rosboud, Stuart Goodall