| Magpies freeze again in front of a big crowd (15.12.07) |
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MAIDENHEAD UNITED 0 |
AFC WIMBLEDON 2 (0) |
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Faced with a four figure crowd and lower
division opposition in a cup tie for the second time this season,
Maidenhead again failed to deliver, collapsing to a 2-0 defeat to
AFC Wimbledon whose profligacy in front of goal kept the score respectable. There was little to report in a first half largely devoid of goalmouth incident. Wimbledon came closest to scoring when a Luke Garrard shot clipped the top of the crossbar. Maidenhead's best chance fell to John Hastings, but his hesitancy when about to go clear allowed Michael Haswell to make a crucial tackle. The half time break was put to best use by the Dons, emerging from the dressing room to win the game with not only two goals in the opening ten minutes of the second period, but also creating enough chances to win by a handful of goals. Most of the Dons' attacking moves stemmed from the strong running down the right wing of Steve Ferguson, indeed it was his cross in the 50th minute that was met at the far post by the unchallenged Marcus Gayle who showed all his experience to bury the ball into the back of the net with a firm header, his first goal since returning to the Wombles at the start of the season. The lead was doubled four minutes later when a high ball into the penalty area only saw the Maidenhead defence tee the ball up for Antony Howard who guided a looping header home. The Dons, urged on by their huge support which was a real credit to their club, were rampant at this point, swiftly sweeping forward time and time again to create several gilt edged jobs which only went unconverted as a result of poor finishing. With Maidenhead finding nothing in their locker with which to make a comeback the result never looked in doubt, Wimbledon running out more comfortable winners than the results suggests. |
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Magpies: Ramos, Nisbet (78 Smith), Benjamin
(89 Romeo), Lee, Sterling, Kersey, Brown Da, Daly (65 Makofo),
Williams, Hastings, Telemaque. Unused subs: Cooper, Wells. Crowd:
1,157. |