Wealdstone 3 – 0 Leighton Town

Wealdstone

2QRR

3 - 0

Leighton Town

KO: 0:00 | Tue 7th Nov ’06

Stones made a couple of changes for tonight’s replay to try and stamp their authority on the tie against Leighton Town, and to some extent it worked, as they ran out 3-0 winners, but not without a couple of shocks, and certainly it wasn’t a flowing performance for the purists.

Wealdstone created the first chance of an even opening spell, unfortunately for the opposition as Lee Chappell missed a kick allowing Hassan to break through, but Stones were let off as his shot hit the post and came back into play, but that was really the sum of their efforts on goal in the first period, despite having the lions share of the play.

Stones took the lead on 13 minutes when Stanic Rosboud was on the end of a move that included Montgomery, Papali and Gooderick in the build up, before Stanic slotted the ball home from close range,

There was little else of note in the first period as Stones allowed Leighton to play, but defended well enough to prevent any further trouble at the back, yet their passing was poor as moves broke down going forward without troubling the visiting keeper.

The second half saw a re-jig in midfield for Stones which certainly gave them the greater share of the ball, limiting Leighton still further, but it wasn’t until the 71st minute Stones extended their lead when out of sorts Gavin Bamford showed some of the ability he has. He collected the ball midway into the Leighton half, his first four touches took him past two defenders and he struck a sublime shot from 25 yards that curled into the top corner of the net to cue a celebration from the players that we all hope has exorcised the frustrations built up over a couple of weeks.

Stones third came ten minutes later when Montgomery, now playing in the hole behind the front two cut inside and hit a shot low and hard from outside the penalty box – Maarman couldn’t hold on and the ball rebounded to the onrushing Papali who slotted home from 6 yards.

Leighton had the final chance of the evening when awarded a penalty, but it wasn’t their night as Carroll saved the kick and the rebound was blasted over the bar to give Stones the victory and a clean sheet.

Wealdstone: Lee Carroll, Jay Carbon s74 Stuart Goodall, Lee Chappell, Stanic Rosboud 13 s72 John Christian, Kevin Swift, Stuart Bamford, Gavin Bamford 71 Matt Gooderick, Chris O’Leary s88 Fergus Moore, Dean Papali 83, Graeme Montgomery, Subs Not Used: Dave Lawrence,