Yate Town 2 – 4 Wealdstone
Yate Town2 - 4
WealdstoneStones struggled in the first 15 minutes to put more than 2 passes together while Yate passed the ball around on the slick surface well and it was no surprise when they went a goal up after about 20 minutes when Swain saved a one on one, but their forward was on hand to put the rebound in. They also missed a great chance when their player dragged the ball wide of the far post.
Slowly but surely Stones got back into the game, mainly through Donnelly showing what he can do with some good passing. On the 25 minute mark Fergus More headed over an open goal and was it going to be one of those nights? A minute later a deflected cross from Monty was nodded home from close range by Robinson for . 1-1.
Stones took over completely and should have added at least 2 to their total, especially when Donnelly found himself free from 25 yards out with the keeper on his a**e, but chose to try and chip him than drive the ball home and his effort hit the top of the bar. The second half saw Stones come out firing on all cylinders and both Papali and Robinson were denied by Puddy in the home goal. Dellissier saw his fierce low 20 yarder skim past the outside of the post. Surely it was only a matter of time before we scored?
But in their first serious attack of the half, Yate managed to take the lead with a good finish after Swain had come off his line.
Within a minute, Robinson found himself in with just the keeper to beat, but blazed his effort over the bar. It wasn’t looking good…..
The turning point came on about 55 minutes when Yate had a golden chance to put the game to bed with a free header which was just wide. Two minutes late, great work by Robinson saw Papali level with a cool finish into the far corner to spark some great celebrations behind the goal.
On about 74 mins, good work by Donnelly sent Robinson clear, and he blasted the ball past the keeper to put Stones into the lead! Stones had them on the ropes, and after more Stones efforts just past the post by Andre Dellissier, Robinson and Papali, it was Papali who scored with a great finish, squeezing the ball home from a tight angle to keep Stones in the Premier Division!!!!
The final whistle saw some really good celebrations by both fans and players and most importantly. …STONES ARE SAFE!!!!
Wealdstone: Mitch Swain, Lee Chappell, Fergus Moore, Carl Martin, Ben Martin18, Scott Donnelly s79 Dean Clark, Andre Dellissier s89 Josias Carbon, Graham Hall, Theo Robinson 25,74, Dean Papali66,88,Graeme Montgomery Subs not used: Leigh Wooldridge, Sheyi Adegoke, Bernard Collingnon
Report by Adam Williams