| Wilson-Denis gives Magpies good vibrations (23.02.08) |
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BOGNOR REGIS TOWN 1 (0) |
MAIDENHEAD UNITED 2 (1) |
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Carl Wilson-Denis finally broke his goalscoring
duck to lay the foundation for a solid victory at Bognor. With a
goal at the beginning of either half, Maidenhead were always on top
in the game but had to withstand a last ditch Bognor barrage to
secure the three points. With suspensions and injuries limiting his options, Johnson Hippolyte was forced to introduce a new midfield pairing of Jermaine Hinds and Dave Clarke, whilst Grant Cooper and Wilson-Denis came into defence and attack respectively. The main action of the first half was crammed into a two minute period on the quarter hour mark. Firstly Clarke put Lee Newman through with only the goalkeeper Craig Stoner to beat. Newman placed his shot firmly to the right of the goal only for Stoner to push the ball round the post at full stretch. From the resulting Ashley Smith corner Dominic Sterling rose highest to plant a firm header goalwards but once again Stoner was equal to the effort getting down well low to his right to clear off the line. With the chants of "Englands' number 1" ringing in his ears it was soon to be a case of pride before a fall though, when from the next attack a Wilson-Denis shot from the edge of the box snuck under Stoner's lumpen frame and into the back of the net. Maidenhead doubled their lead within three minutes of the second half. Once again Smith and Sterling linked up; this time a Smith free kick from the right was met by a header from the experienced centre back at the far post which was too good for the Bognor defence. Bognor found a way back into the game in the 64th minute when captain Scott Chamberlain scored the goal of the game. It came from a neat free kick just outside the penalty area which Chamberlain struck up and over the wall to score. This gave his relegation threatened team hope of drawing something from the game and the remainder of the game saw the United defence under sustained pressure. However aside from an Alex Haddow effort on the stroke of full time which hit the bar the Maidenhead lines were cleared effectively to preserve the season's excellent away record, United now having won four out of the last five league trips. |
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Rocks: Stoner, Pearson, Wallis-Taylor.
Chamberlain, Jupp, Breach, Ray, Balfe (HT Greatwich), Beck, Knee,
Haddow. Unused subs: Harris, Kilpatrick, Arojogun. Goal: Chamberlain 68. Cautions: Greatwich 47, Beck 86. Crowd: 316. Magpies: Wells, Bradshaw, Sterling, Hinds, Nisbet, Cooper, Smith, Clarke (85 Bernard), Williams, Newman (80 Sealey), Wilson-Denis (64 James). Unused subs: Kersey, Hudson. Goals: Wilson-Denis 16, Sterling 48. Caution: Sealey 87. |