Ducks sunk in the rain (22.11.03)

THE Magpies turned in an excellent performance to come away from Buckingham Road with maximum points on Saturday,
On an excellent surface, considering the rain, United survived a few early scares before taking the lead on 15 minutes, when Lawrence Yaku tapped home, following a dreadful mistake by Kevin Davies in the Ducks’ goal.
The home side equalised on 39 minutes, when new signing Mark Reed latched onto former Magpie Matty Glynn’s through-ball and raced on to score.
Crucially, however, the Magpies went into the break a goal to the good, after the Ducks keeper and his defence both left Ryan Ashe’s cross to each other, allowing Steven Hale to collect the ball, scamper round Davies and slide the ball into an empty net.
Darren Lynch forced Hart into a decent save with a good header from a corner early on in the second half, but that was as good as it got for the Ducks.
The nervy second-half was finally wrapped up in injury-time, when Brendan Gallen released Yaku who calmly slid the ball between the keeper’s legs.
After the game, Dreyer said: “On current form they (Aylesbury United) were better than us. Kevin Wilson had been turning things round there.
“Winning 3-1 against a side that's on the way up is a very pleasing result.
“It was an important win. Not just for the result but also for the performance. The players' attitude was spot on. And it has put us back on track.”