Wealdstone 4 -1 Northwood
WealdstoneSF
4 - 1
NorthwoodA great first half performance from Wealdstone was enough to seal the victory in this cup semi-final against a lack-lustre Northwood side, despite Stones missing a twice taken penalty in the fifth minute.
A Morgan cross was handled and Dave Ryan stepped up to take the spot kick – he scored, but the referee spotted encroachment and ordered the kick retaken. This time Carroll saved low to his right to continue a Stones poor run from the spot.
Stones continued to press and hassled Northwood at every opportunity, giving them no space at all in the middle of the park, and it was very much Stones who were attacking. On 28 minutes they did finally score when a ball broke free to Tommy Williams and his shot from 25 yards nestled in the corner of the net. Ten minutes later Gary McKeown scored his first for the club. Back to goal and with three markers on him he chested the ball down, turned and shot past the static Carroll from 12 yards to extend Stones lead and five minutes later it was three as Marvin Morgan beat his man and whipped in a cross well met by Richard Jolly for Stones third of the half.
The second half followed a similar pattern early on, although three substitutions for Northwood did spur then on, and back into the game.
It was Wealdstone though who scored again. Morgan again beating his man and cutting into the box he squared the ball to Danny Tilbury who calmly placed his shot wide of Carroll to give Stones a 4-0 lead.
Northwood did pull one back from the penalty spot after Ryan was harshly adjudged to have fouled Julienne, but this did little to lift their game as Stones kept the pressure on to secure their place in the Cup Final.
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