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Two
second half goals from Blue
Square South leading scorer Jon Main sealed a
four goal win for Wimbledon which was far
from as comfortable as the scoreline suggests.
This
was exemplified by open exchanges which saw Maidenhead take the game to the
visitors but fail to take advantage of their domination before being hit by
a Wimbledon counter punch. On twelve minutes Richard Pacquette found himself with time and opportunity to
score but pulled his shot just wide.
Five minutes later a swift Dons counter attack was stopped illegally
by Mark Nisbet allowing Sam Hatton to prove the
law of the ex by hitting a thunderbolt of a free kick from fully 30 yards
to score.
Maidenhead
worked hard to get back into the game with Pacquette
and Surey going close but as the half time drew
near it was Wimbledon again who made their
forward play count. Shane Gore saved
well from Anthony Finn just past the half hour mark but was helpless to stop
a Danny Kedwell close range effort six minutes
later, the striker turning in a Main cross with ease.
Any
hopes of a Magpie revival after the break were
dashed with seconds of the restart when a Kedwell
cross was headed goalward by Elliot Godfrey. Gore kept the ball out at full stretch but
his palmed save fell to Main who converted
from a few yards out.
Despite
the deficit United threw everything at their opponents but were foiled by
some great team defending which saw virtually every yellow shirt throwing
themselves in front of each wave of United attack with goalkeeper James
Pullen on hand to stop anything that got through the Womble
lines. In particular Pullen saved
well from Rocky Baptiste, Ben Surey
and Lee Newman. Then to rub salt in
the Magpies wounds a long clearance twelve minutes from time was collected
by Main who ran clear of the Maidenhead defence before beating Gore to
score his second. Indeed it was only
the combination of a great tackle from Jermaine Hinds and block from Gore
that stopped Main completing his hat trick
with eight minutes to go.
Magpies: Gore,
Behzadi, Fyfield (83 Baddeley), Surey, Saroya, Nisbet (81 Clarke),
Newman, Nicholls, Pacquette, Baptiste
(59 Smith A), Hinds.
Unused
subs: Smith T, Carter.
Caution:
Saroya 32.
Dons:
Pullen, Hatton, Hussey, Lee (78 Inns), Judge, Leberl
(75 Goodliffe), Godfrey, Davis (56 Adjei), Kedwell, Main, Finn.
Unused
subs: Aiteouakrim, Little.
Goals:
Hatton 17, Kedwell 37, Main 47 & 78.
Crowd:
1,296.
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