Wingate & Finchley 1 – 2 Wealdstone

Wingate & Finchley

London Senior Cup
2R

1 - 2

Wealdstone

KO: 0:00 | Tue 28th Nov ’06

Stones again made a couple of changes – some enforced as Michael Currie went down with flu late on – for this London Senior Cup tie away to Wingate. Wingate created the first chance in the first minute as a shot bounced high into the chest of Swain, who recovered to make a good save from the follow up, and though they had their fair share of possession, because of poor finishing it was the last save Mitch had to make in the half.

At the other end Stones looked bright and sharp but lacked a little in penetration against a miserly home defence, though Cort, Bamford, Montgomery and Papali all had chances, while O’Leary saw a header come back off of the bar.

The second half was a little more even as Wingate improved in front of goal, both keepers earning their money with important saves, until on 84 minutes Ellis scored for the home side with a header from the front of the six yard box.

Stones still the better side rallied though and 90 seconds later Gavin Bamford equalised with a header from similar range after good work by Montgomery. With the game heading towards extra time, another Monty cross caused problems for the home defence and a half clearance fell to Papali some 20 yards out and he made no mistake with a low shot to give Stones the victory and a visit to Mayesbrook Park, Barking in the next round.

Wealdstone: Mitch Swain, Josias Carbon, Fergus Moore, Lee Chappell 44 Josh Cooper s79 Stanislav Rosboud, Gavin Bamford15 86, Dean Clark, Chris O’Leary 65, Dean Papali 9090, Wayne Cort s79 Matt Gooderick, Graeme Montgomery, Subs Not Used: Stuart Goodall, John Christian, Graeme Hall