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Goals either side of half time were the catalyst for a hard fought
win in Kent to lift the Magpies out of the bottom three on Saturday.
An
injury crisis barely left manager Johnson Hippolyte with eleven fit
players, and he was forced to name himself as a substitute. On the
pitch this paucity of personnel led to a 3-5-2 formation being
adopted with Ashley Smith and Ronayne Benjamin taking the right and
left wing back roles respectively.
The hosts dominated a fast paced first half, attacking quickly to
keep the Maidenhead defence under pressure. Left winger Orlando
Smith was at the centre of activity and he combined well in the
twelfth minute with on loan striker Charles Ademeno whose shot was
palmed wide by Louis Wells. From the resulting corner towering
defender Chris Moore shot wide from only yards out.
Welling again let Maidenhead off the hook in the 25th minute when
Ademeno missed from point blank range.
The Stripes kept on working hard however and penetrating long balls
started to put the Wings on the back foot. One such ball led to the
Magpies taking the lead in the 35th minute. A Wes Daly pass found
Manny Williams. The tricky striker took the ball to the edge of the
penalty area before skilfully wrong footing his defender, then using
the time and space to launch a superb shot which flew in at the near
post.
Stung by the goal, Welling once again tore into Maidenhead in the
time remaining before the break, Dominic Sterling making a well
timed tackle to deny a Andrew Pugh an chance, and Daly clearing off
the line from player manager Neil Smith from the subsequent corner.
Maidenhead scored the crucial second goal ten minutes into the
second half, a delightful Williams flick of the boot putting Dwane
Lee through who applied a good finish to score from the left corner
of the penalty area.
The Magpies were then able to control the rest of the game,
comfortably soaking up any Welling pressure and even coming closet
to scoring again when an opportunistic long shot from Williams was
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Wings: Turner, Ohakam, Patterson,
Carpenter, Moore (59 Coleman), Solomon, Green, Smith N (70
Blackman), Ademeno, Pugh, Smith O. Unused subs: Boyce, Nethercott,
Cotterill.
Cautions: Carpenter 33, Blackman 84. Gate: 494.
Magpies: Wells, Nisbet, Sterling, Lee, Cooper, Daly, Smith,
Brown Da, Williams, Telemaque, Benjamin (67 Romeo). Unused subs:
Makofo, Hippolyte, Ramos.
Goals: Williams 35, Lee 55.
Cautions: Smith 42, Cooper 76.
MUSA Magpie of the Match: Dwane Lee |
