Wealdstone 1 – 2 Thame United
Wealdstone1 - 2
Thame UnitedLast season we were not tame, we were frightened.
Yesterday, Stones seemed disinterested. All the good things that had been done in the match against Northwood were left aside as players seemed to go through the motions apart from a fifteen minutes spell at the very start which brought no result, and five minutes either side of the goal.
A bright start saw Stones force the visitors back early on, both Morgan and jolly having early chances that were defended well, but with no breakthrough after fifteen minutes, Thame came more into the game. It was not a thriller though, as for the majority of the half neither keeper had a save to make.
The only goal in the first half came from a penalty, Robin Tucker adjudged to have fouled Keen in the box – there was a delay before the Referee even blew the whistle and when he did both sets of players seemed surprised at the decision – an indirect free kick for obstruction seemed the right one! However up stepped Salisbury to score.
The second half started in similar vein to the first, with little opportunity’s created despite play moving from box to box. One break that Stones did create saw Marvin take a knock in the box, but with no foul given. Play continued until Stones were awarded a free kick, and Marvin received treatment. This seemed to enrage the visiting defence who then took it upon themselves to argue with each other at some length.
The whistle blew and the free kick was taken to Morgan – he stepped inside his defender and hit a low shot into the corner from the edge of the box for the Stones equaliser, which caused more heated discussion in the Thame defence!
There was little else to report as the match then petered out into a dour end of season affair, although it did pick up again as Thame dominated the last ten minutes, realising that their opposition seemingly wanted no part in a win, and they were duly rewarded in the 89th minute when Tucker and Burgess tangled – the ball broke free to start a Thame attack and Gardener did enough to clip the ball past Godfrey for 2-1.
Wealdstone: Dave Godfrey, James Fisher, Matt Graves, Robin Tucker, Matt Carvell, Dave Ryan, Tommy Williams (s80 Mark Burgess), Richard Jolly (s80 Jermaine Beckford), Jason Shaw (s45 Rob Courtnage), Marvin Morgan (53), Danny Tilbury, Subs not used: Mickie Swaysland, Billy Amarteifio