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Maidenhead’s
unbeaten start to the season came to an end yesterday in front of a bumper
crowd at the Fans Stadium.
With both sides yet to be
the defeated in the Blue Square South, the game was eagerly anticipated by
all concerned, but for the first forty five minutes at least it lived up to
the stereotype of a tense top of the table tussle.
This was due in part to
the cautious approach adopted by wily Wimbledon boss Terry Brown, his
defence sitting deep, happy to soak up the waves of Maidenhead attacks
which came their way. Thus goal
scoring chances were virtually non existent in the first half, although the
fact that the Dons were handed a lead from the penalty spot in the 25th
minute was hardly conducive to a more open game. The Maidenhead culprit was Grant Cooper,
handling to allow Jon Main to open the scoring.
At the interval Brown
introduced new signing Danny Kedwell on the
leftwing and he set about exposing Maidenhead’s frail right flank
drawing a good save from Shane Gore in the 52nd minute. Gore proved to be the Maidenhead star of
the show in the second half, regularly impressing with fine saves from Main and Kedwell. Wimbledon
confirmed their authority in the 68th minute when Tom Davis
applied a good finish from the edge of the area following a move down the
right wing. The win was sealed four
minutes later when Cooper was again penalised for a foul in the penalty
box, Main delivering an encore from the
spot. With three minutes remaining
Maidenhead salvaged some pride with the move of the game which started with
Gore, the ball moving quickly down the left, Lee Newman delivering a pass
which put Richard Pacquette clear, the striker
finishing with aplomb.
Dons: Little, Garrard,
Hussey, Adjei, Goodliffe,
Inns, Hatton (HT Kedwell), Davis
(75 Leberl), Godfrey, Main,
Finn.
Unused subs: Pullen,
Judge, Mason
Goals: Main 25 pen &
73 pen, Davis
68.
Cautions: Main 28, Finn
58, Godfrey 62.
Magpies: Gore, Smith T, Bernard, Hinds, Sterling, Cooper, Behzadi (56 Tyriaki),
Nicholls, Pacquette, Newman, Binns
(74 Fyfield).
Unused subs: Nisbet, Smith
A, Carter.
Goals: Pacquette
87.
Cautions: Smith T 58, Sterling 60, Fyfield 88, Pacquette
90+3. Crowd: 3039.
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