Wealdstone 1 – 2 Barking & East Ham United
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Stones yet again failed to beat an opponent despite being the better side through most of this match, yet failing to score despite their possession.
Barking had two attempts on goal, eighty minutes apart, both similar in that they came from defensive errors and allowed Carter to use his pace and break away for a 1 on 1, and he scored both. In fact he was similarly placed on 88 minutes to break away for a third attempt, until a professional foul from Danny Butler stopped him, for which Butler was rightly red carded.
In between, Marvin Morgan on 30 minutes broke away from three strong if not foul challenges to cross deep to the far post where Richard Jolly scored from close range to equalise, and on 44 minutes, Jolly’s ball forward was handled in the box and Stones were awarded a penalty. Unfortunately, for the eighth time this season, the opportunity was missed as this time Martin Carter’s attempt came back off the post.
Jolly also had the best chance of the second half when his header flashed wide from Tilbury’s cross, but to be honest there was little else positive once Stones progressed to the last third.
Desperately lacking confidence in front of goal, Stones forwards on numerous occasions chose to pass rather than shoot and the Barking defence, in numbers, was equal to the challenge.
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