Billericay Town 2 – 0 Wealdstone

Billericay Town

2 - 0

Wealdstone

KO: 0:00 | Fri 25th Mar ’05

In the end, this game saw probably the right result as Stones came up against their most impressive opponents so far in Billericay. The home side playing slick fast moving football, only to be thwarted for long periods by Stones never say die defending.

Billericay got into their stride early on, and soon had Stones back line penned well into the penalty area, but, with a mixture of heads legs and good fortune, Stones soaked up the pressure quite well – on the occasions when Billericay did break through, Andy Carter was there to make three excellent saves to preserve the 0-0 score.

It wasn’t entirely one way however, and Beckford ran onto a through ball from Jolly, his attempted chip into the arms of Cappleton, and Jolly and Burrell also had chances to give Stones the lead all be it against the overall run of play. The referee also had an impact wit one or two odd decisions, none more so that when Stones appeal for a penalty was waved away Kerrigan having tackled Beckford from behind, bringing him down without getting anywhere near the ball, but the score remained 0-0 till half time.

The second half followed a similar pattern until on 61 minutes the ineffective Cousins was replaced with the power and strength of Nathan Elder and this proved to be the decisive change as Stones could not cope with the extra presence. The substitute took his two goal on 64 and 72 minutes well to give the home side a winning lead.

While Stones continued to battle, Beckford, Jolly, Morton and Tilbury all creating half chances there was no further score, Billericay winning 2-0.