Boreham Wood 2 – 1 Wealdstone
Boreham Wood2 - 1
WealdstoneNailed
“Today we welcome Gordon Bartlett and everyone connected with Wealdstone
I’d like to express my admiration of their Supporters, whose continued efforts keep this once mighty Club going, as they constantly prove. Today they organised their own Sponsored Walk on behalf of the Club to raise money, and i hope they achieve their ambitions of once again occupying their own ground, as its nothing more than they deserve. If we can help them in any small way, we will” read the programme notes by Boreham Wood Chairman, Danny Hunter. Help they did, by laying on food for the 50-odd walkers, and he also made a donation of £100 to the fund. An admirable gesture for which I’m sure we are all grateful.
Today, the walk was far more important than the result, but Stones lifted their performance and took part in a good competitive match which football at this level could be, albeit losing to a last minute goal, the side can take pride from their performance as can the walkers.
Both sides started brightly and had a couple of half chances but on 15 minutes Phil Dicker gave away a penalty. Up stepped Lawford but to no avail, an excellent save from Watts preserved the 0-0 scoreline. As the half progressed their was little doubt that ‘Wood were the more dominant in terms of possession but effort combined with some stoic defending kept Stones in the game, while Jones and Norman caused problems on occasion at the other end. The score remained 0-0 at half time.
In the second half Wood pressed hard, limiting Stones to an occasional break. From one of these a good piece of skill from Tilbury forced a home defender to knock the ball out for a throw-in, only for the Linesman to signal the throw in ‘Wood’s favour. They took it quickly and the ball was played across the field, a run deep into Stones half and a deep cross found the waiting Hammett, a former Stone making his debut for Boreham wood, and he made no mistake making the score 1-0.
Stones battled on and on 84 minutes won a corner. Pressuring the home defence, their was a scramble in the six yard box and an important touch from Tucker knocked the ball to Stones debutant sub, Micheal Barime who scored to equalise.
It was not to last however as on 90 minutes Stones conceded a needless free kick and the excellent delivery was headed home to give the home side a 2-1 win.
Honest Opinion? The scoreline reflected the possession and possibly the chances, but Stones deserved to take something from the game for their efforts.
Wealdstone: Watts, Joyce, Tucker, Dicker, Reed (s73 Walker), Lamb, Carter, Jones, Norman (s57 Morgan), Burgess (s68 Barima 84), Tilbury,