MAIDENHEAD UNITED 1 (1)

Maidenhead are still without a league win following a disappointing defeat at the hands of Eastbourne in Sussex today.  

United started brightly in an even first half with the action ebbing and flowing from one end to the other.  

Carl Wilson-Denis was first to threaten for United with a neat turn and shot in the eleventh minute which went just wide.

Free scoring striker Scott Ramsay then put the home team in front, capitalising on the failure of the Maidenhead defence to clear their lines by clinically firing the loose ball past a helpless Chico Ramos on the quarter hour mark.  

United took only four minutes to level the score, Errol Telemaque sending a useful pass from the right wing across the the penalty area to Ryan Johnson who knocked the ball back into the middle where Darti Brown found the room to power the ball into the net.

Both sides then had chances to go into the interval ahead, Manny Williams having an effort deflected over the bar for the Magpies, and for Borough Ramsay had a shot cleared off the line whilst Matt Crabb wasted a great chance with only Ramos to beat.
With everything to play for in the second half both sets of supporters looked forward to an entertaining final act but an early penalty for Eastbourne, scored by Ramsay rather spoiled the game as a spectacle with the home side then happy to sit on their lead.  

The major talking point centred on an ugly incident eleven minutes from time when David Clarke reacted angrily to an Eastbourne challenge by pushing away his assailant.  A predictable melee ensued and when the dust had settled a red card was shown to both Clarke and Brown.  

The nine men of Maidenhead fought hard to get back into the game but the two man advantage was too much and Eastbourne comfortably held out for victory.

Borough: Hook, Baker, Ballard, Smart, Lovett, Pullan, Harding, Armstrong, Ramsay, Atkin (86 Leach), Crabb M (71 Wilde).  Unused subs: Chamberlain, Crabb N, Lightwood.
Goal: Ramsay 15, 48 (pen).  Cautions: Smart 61, Wilde 79, Pullan 84.
Man of the Match: Scott Ramsay.
Magpies: Ramos, Behzadi, Johnson, Sterling, Cooper, Daly, Telemaque (45 Clarke), Brown Da, Wilson-Denis (75 James), Williams (60 Newman), Smith.  Unused subs:  Nisbet, Wells.
Goal: Brown 19.  Cautions: Telemaque 44, Behzadi 55.  Dismissals: Clarke 79, Brown 79. Man of the Match: Dominic Sterling.  Gate: 652