Feathers fly in clash of Magpies (05.11.05)

A THREE STAR second-half performance gave Maidenhead United a long awaited and much deserved second league victory of the season in Dorset on Saturday.
The first half saw a familiar pattern emerge, with Maidenhead playing some good football but without really coming close to breaching the Dorchester backline.
With half-time looming things took a turn for the worse, when a weak defensive header left Matt Groves one-on-one with debutant Scott Tarr in the United goal.
The referee adjudged that Tarr clipped Groves just inside the box but mysteriously only showed the keeper a yellow card. Justin Keeler made no mistake with the penalty to send United into the break a goal down.
With a half-time tongue-lashing from manager Carl Taylor ringing in their ears, the Magpies pressed hard for an equaliser from the off.
It came on 54 minutes, when a Ryan Ashe cross from the left wing found Stephen Hughes, who neatly turned and fired home from a tight angle.
United took the lead on 68 minutes, when a Matt Glynn pass to Lee Newman on the left saw the diminutive striker cut inside and drill a shot from the edge of the penalty inside Dorchester goalkeeper Craig Bradshaw’s near post.
A rampant Untied then finished the job with seven minutes remaining with another move down the left.
This time the source was Brendan Gallen who, in the face of a flying tackle, bravely slotted the ball through to Newman.
From a similar position to his first goal, Newman shot across the goal where a flailing Bradshaw only helped the ball into the back of the net.