Wealdstone 0 – 3 Maidenhead United
Wealdstone0 - 3
Maidenhead UnitedSorry guys, but i cant find new words for the dismal bits of yesterdays performance, so i’ll detail the goals and the good or positive points that i could take from a game only made playable by the efforts of half a dozen Stones fans who worked on the pitch throughout the morning.
Maidenhead’s first goal on 9 minutes seemed to come from a back header from Ben Martin (og) which appeared to strand Lee Carroll as it made slow progress into the net off the inside of the post.
The better side throughout the first half, they didn’t score again until 55 minutes – a rarity this in that there was no Wealdstone error in the build up. A swift move switched the ball from right to left and a deep cross from the bye line by Smith was met on the volley by Fenton running in at the back post giving Carroll no chance.
6 or so minutes later Maidenhead scored a third when Graham Hall headed a long clearance to his left – straight into the path of Roach who made no mistake from 10 yards. It could have been 4 when a very poor penalty was awarded against Carroll, but the ‘finish’ was equally poor and was saved with some ease on 66 minutes.
Josh Cooper and Matty Gooderick both looked lively when they came into the fray and Jos Carbon worked tirelessly, as did Chris O’Leary in midfield, but to no avail as there was rarely an outlet for them when we did win the ball, that much quicker were Maidenhead in closing Stones down….
Wealdstone: Lee Carroll68, Josias Carbon, Fergus Moore60 s73 Lee Chappell, Carl Martin, Ben Martin, Graham Hall, Hector Mackie s73 Matt Gooderick, Chris O’Leary4, Matt O’Connell s45 Josh Cooper, John Henry-Hayden, Ben Walshe, Subs Not Used: John Christian, Ernest Simon