A game of two halves. With two different Maidenhead teams in both.
In the first half we were bright and energetic in the second lethargic and struggling with injuries.
Playing 4-4-2 we started with good tempo with Dan Hunt and Lewis Driver penetrating the wings. We opened the scoring in the 5th minute when a great through ball from Hazell found Sami Hached who lifted the ball over the advancing keeper.
Poor rear post defending saw Henley equalise in the 15th minute. Matty Stevenson put us back in front with a great thumping header from a corner in the 27th minute.
We continued to play good football in this half but did have to soak up pressure from the quick Henley forwards.
The second half was a different story as Henley equalised when we conceded a soft goal that went through keeper Kieron Hudson's legs.
KIeron soon made amends with some terrific saves as Henley put us under a lot of pressure. We were also suffering with injuries to key players and this started to kick in as Luke Dexter had to come off with a knee problem, David Ruan was too tired as he had already had a school match in the afternoon, Chris Ellis picked up a knock during the game and Lewis Driver picked up a knock to his hip.
This meant it was back to the wall as players could not track back fast enough. Despite that we missed a hatful of chances that we really should have made count. Henley hit us on the break and took the lead with 10 minutes remaining. We changed to 3 at the back and three up front and missed to quality efforts.
Henley wrapped up the game with 2 minutes left as we hunted an equaliser.
The game was watched by a healthy crowd and well refereed by Barry Lynch.
Although we are going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment we have some very good players and have had terrible luck regarding injuries