| Supermanny heads Magpies into the first round (27.10.07) |
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MAIDENHEAD UNITED 1 (1) |
HAYES & YEADING UNITED 0 |
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A first half goal from super striker
Manny Williams was enough to give what proved eventually to be a
fairly comfortable passage into the FA Cup first round. Opponents Hayes and Yeading United, began the game looking every inch a team that had lost only once in their last eleven outings, but following an opening burst of dominance by the visitors, it was the Magpies who slowly asserted their superiority. The ever dangerous left winger Serge Makofo was the first to test Delroy Preddie in the HAYU goal with a rasping drive in the 17th minute, the shot being touched over the bar by Preddie. Preddie was beaten seven minutes later when an Errol Telemaque corner from the right was forecfully headed towards goal by Dwane Lee only for a well placed defender to clear off the line. The all important goal finally came just short of the half hour mark from the best move of the game. Taking a free kick inside his own half, diminutive midfielder Wes Daly spotted Makofo free on the left wing, and some clever interaction between the two saw Makofo sprint well clear of the HAYU defence. This time Makofo opted to deliver the perfect cross, Williams rising with salmon like elegance to tower above his HAYU marker and squeeze his header between the despairing grasp of Preddie and the underside of the cross bar. Maidenhead remained on top for the rest of the half, but received a blow just before the break when Bobby Behzadi was injured. The second half followed a similar pattern to the first, HAYU racing out of the blocks but failing to test Louis Wells in the Maidenhead goal. Instead it was the HAYU keeper Preddie who was given a chance to shine pulling out all the stops to keep his side in the game with some excellent saves from the likes of Lee Newman (twice), Mark Nisbet and Manny Williams. Even with six minutes of stoppage time HAYU were unable to come close to an equaliser, and so Maidenhead made it through to the FA Cup First Round for the second consecutive season. |
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Magpies: Wells, Behzadi (44 Smith),
Sterling, Lee, Nisbet, Daly, Telemaque, Brown Da, Williams, Newman
(88 Romeo), Makofo (59 Clarke). Unused subs: James, Ramos. |