A FLEET-FOOTED and well organised Purfleet side outmanoeuvred Maidenhead on Tuesday night, sending them crashing to their first defeat of the season.
Last year it took the Essex side until November to chalk-up their first win, but their hoof and hope tactics have been replaced over the summer with a slick passing game.
There were also a lot of young faces in the side and their youthful exuberance was soon producing results on the pitch.
The match was only four minutes old when the Magpies' defence was opened up by a lightning attack.
Breaking from midfield, Steve Marshall slotted a beautifully weighted pass to Buglione, who found himself one-on-one against Richard Barnard.
The striker had plenty of time, as he looked up before stroking the ball across the face of goal into the far corner.
There was look of sudden realisation on the Magpies' faces. This was not going to be another Harrow-style walkover.
A goal to the good after two minutes, the Purfleet players settled into a fluent playing style.
Solid in defence, the visitors' soon captured the midfield, as every loose ball found a Purfleet boot.
When United had the ball they were quickly closed down, but when Purfleet had the ball they simply passed their way out of trouble.
Much to the relief of the fans, the whistle finally blew and a very one-sided half came to a welcome end.
Whatever happened in the changing rooms at halftime had a dramatic result on the pitch.
Eight minutes into the second half, a cute one-two between Paul Scott and Obinna Ulasi by-passed the defence, allowing Ulassi to unleash a low cross into the box.
Purfleet's Martyn Lawrence stuck his foot out and tucked the ball inside his near post.
Maidenhead were suddenly firing on all four cylinders, while a rattled Purfleet abandoned their effective passing game to concentrate on hoof and hope again.
It took the visitors another 20 minutes to recover their calm, but it was Maidenhead who finally undid themselves with some suicidal defending.
In the 30th minute, Purfleet's skillful winger Jon Keeling dragged the defence out of shape with a jinking diagonal run across the box.
Reaching the dead-ball line he pulled the ball back across the face of goal for Paul Linger to head in at the far post.
Anyone who stopped watching to discuss Purfleet's second goal would have missed their third.
Straight from the kick-off they regained possession and Marshall set off down the right wing.
He arrived at the dead-ball line unchallenged, whipped in a floated cross and United's Paul Kelly sealed his side's fate by steering the ball into the back of the net.
To their credit, Maidenhead refused to give up and continued to look for an answer.
Ulasi rattled the woodwork with a powerful 25 yard drive, but the post saved Purfleet and the visitors played out the dying minutes for a deserved win.