Stamford 2 – 2 Wealdstone
Stamford2 - 2
WealdstoneProbably the worst start of the season saw Stones give away two early goals to fall 2-0 behind on 11 minutes at Stamford, the first when a free kick was needlessly conceded on the edge of the box – from the resulting cross on 8 minutes a free header allowed Jones to open the scoring, then a couple of minutes later Gavin Bamford was caught in possession inside the box losing the ball. A simple chip and header allowed Turner to double the home side’s lead.
A minute later though and Stones had scored with their first real attack as the home keeper only partially cleared a long ball under pressure from Cort, Dean Clark on hand to strike a sweet finish into the back of the net to make the score 2-1 on 12 minutes.
For the next hour, in honesty, little happened. Stamford, who had seemed rampant at the start seemed to lose their way, while Stones struggled to find any real rhythm or threat when they were on the attack.
The last twenty minutes saw Stones pushing on more and more and forcing the home side back, but it looked as though they would struggle to share the points after the home keeper made a couple of good saves late on, but on 82 minutes Gavin Bamford laid a ball forward to Dean Clark in the centre circle. He trapped and moved on a couple of paces, looking up he saw the keeper on the edge of the penalty box and he drilled the ball high and hard over the back pedaling keeper from fully 45 yards to equalise to the delight of the team and fans.
The last few minutes saw both sides have further attempts on goal but nether was able to score, leaving Stones with a point and the 283 fans plus players, officials and management all to enjoy the memory of the goal of the season.
Wealdstone: Lee Carroll, Josias Carbon s86 Stanislav Rosboud, Fergus Moore, Carl Martin, Stuart Bamford25, Gavin Bamford, Dean Clark 12,82, Michael Currie 48, Wayne Cort s86 John Christian, Dean Papali s86 Matt Gooderick, Graeme Montgomery, Subs Not Used: Lee Chappell, Kevin Swift