Maidenhead United 2 Halifax Town 0


By Highroadwellian
February 20 2004

An early Maidenhead goal and a penalty miss for Town set up an exciting second half. As much as Town huffed and puffed the Maidenhead wall wall was resolute. Wilson was the Maidenhead hero with some fine saves. Highroadwellian MotM: Craig Midgley

Match report

First Half

01 Allan shows Town’s intent a fierce square cross across the face of goal eludes Killeen.

05 0-1 Wilson throws the ball out to Lee, Lee crosses into the box for Yaku, who’s clever header back goes to Hale, with no hesitation he buries his shot in the bottom right corner of Cartwright’s net.

22 Farley’s free kick saved bottom right by Cartwright.

25 Yaku shot wide right after a Sandwith slip had let him in.

26 Another carbon copy Allan square cross across goal eludes Sagare and Killeen.

27 Penalty-Midgley is bundled over in the box by Connor. Midgley dusts himself down, takes the kick, hits the inside of the bottom of the left post, keeper Wilson gladly holds the rebound on the line.

39 Farrell cross from left held by Wilson.

45+1 Ball bobbing around inside the Maidenhead box, Keeper Wilson fails to hold and Farrell slots it home from an offside position-goal disallowed.

Second Half

49 Bushell skies a shot over the bar.

51 Good shot from Magpies Lee held by Cartwright.

57 Yaku takes the ball down the right at speed unmarked, Hale races onto the cross, but the shot is over the bar.

58 A good Mallon cross from the right finds it’s way to Allan on six yards, Allan shoots, but Wilson makes a brilliant save, seemingly appearing from nowhere.

59 Bushell steals into the box and shoots wide left.

63 Fancy footwork from Yaku, leaves Town’s defence ball watching, he steals into a good position, but the final shot is wide right.

72 Monington heads a Sandwith corner wide left.

76 Mallon cross to Farrell, neat touch to Midgley, but Midgley’s shot is saved by Wilson.

79 Midgley free kick on edge of area struck low right, through the wall, but Wilson catches.

84 Sagare collects ball on half way, beats his marker, but his shot from the brim of the penalty area goes wide left and high. McIntosh just getting back, to do enough to put Sagare off his delivery.

87 Midgley shot saved after a good Hockenhull cross.

87 A good cross from Sagare just eludes Quinn’s head.

88 2-0 Game, set and match to the Magpies, A long ball is
lobbed towards the Town goal, Cartwright misjudges his position on the edge of the box, looking very pedestrian lets in Yaku who coolly dispatches it to the back of the net and dumps Town out of the Trophy. 



Halifax Town 0

Cartwright, Sandwith, Bushell, Monington, Midgley, Killeen (Farrell 35), Quinn, Hudson, Sagare, Yates (Mallon 57), Allan (Hockenhull 83).

Unused Subs: Senior, McAuley.

Yellow Cards: None.

Maidenhead United 2 (Hale 5, Yaku 88)

Wilson, Dugdale, Connor, McIntosh, Jennings, Gallen, Lee (Jenkins 60), Ashe (Durrant), Hale (Boyce 77), Yaku, Farley.

Unused Subs: Gray, Hart.

Yellow Cards: Dugdale (15), Ashe (55).

Attendance: 1345