Plymouth Parkway v Maidenhead United

A good sized crowd not only basked in the sunshine at Bolitho Park but also in the performance of the team as they gained a notable scalp in their first pre season friendly.

Maidenhead, who were promoted to the Conference South this Season, paid Parkway the compliment of bringing a strong side to Plymouth but found their hosts in no mood to hand them victory. Parkway had the better of the first half chances with Virgil Igalawuye's header cleared off the visitors line before Ryan Fice forced a great one handed save from goalkeeper Delroy Preddie.

Maidenhead looked dangerous on the break and Errol Telemarque should have done better than to fire wide when he burst clear of the home defence. Parkway hit back with Jon Morris sending in a stinging drive that hit his own striker, Mark Berry, before being cleared.
The home side took the lead after 21 minutes but Maidenhead hotly disputed that Fice had kicked the ball out of Preddie's hands after the keeper had fumbled Martyn Sullivan's fierce free kick.

The visitors hit back, with Telemarque once again finding himself in the clear, but Barnes pulled out a fine save low to his right. Three minutes before the break, the keeper was beaten by Grant Cooper's header, only for Lee Doel to clear off the line.

It was a goal of pure class that saw Parkway double their lead in first half stoppage time as Berry left a crossfield pass for Sullivan to curl a beauty into the top far corner of the net from the angle of the box.

Parkway made several substitutions after the break and were constantly kept on the defensive as Maidenhead showed their class, but it was Barnes who proved a stumbling block making fine saves from Manny Williams, Wes Daly and twice from substitute Shaun McCauley

It was not until three minutes from time that Maidenhead finally made the breakthrough as Igalawuye's challenge on Williams gave Bobby Bezardi the chance to beat Barnes low to his left from the penalty spot.