Wealdstone 5 – 1 Boreham Wood

January 21, 2020 ⋅ 2004-05
WealdstoneWealdstone
FA Cup3QR

5 - 1

BorehamBoreham Wood
KO: 0:00 | Sat 16th Oct ’04

After a shaky start, a slight reshuffle ignited a superb Stones performance which saw them into the 4th Qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time since 1988.

For the first half hour of this match, both sides struggled to create clear openings, but it was Boreham Wood that looked more likely to make the break through, and they did on the half hour when Lockhead hit a free kick around the wall past the grasping Andy Carter.

Stones reacted immediately, and Manager Gordon Bartlett changed the shape slightly asking Brian Jones to push on down the right and this opened up the game. Within three minutes Marvin Morgan broke down the right hand side and squared the ball behind the Wood defence for Jolly to equalise. Three minutes later and it was Morgan again who broke away, beating his man and striking a firm shot that Imber could only parry and Burrell headed home Stones second from close range. The second half saw Wealdstone dominate from the kick off, forcing Boreham Wood back and on 58 minutes, good work from Brian Jones allowed him to cross for Morgan to score Stones third.

After this Stones really settled on the ball and were content to pass at will making the visitors chase the game. On 67 minutes Morgan’s cross again found Jolly who struck home Stones fourth from close range.

Despite substitutions there was no way back into the game for Boreham Wood, and Stones subs made their mark on the game when Michnowicz stole the ball in midfield, passed to Tommy Williams and his ball into he path of Ben Alexander allowed him to side step his marker on the edge of the box, his low drilled shot beating Imber late on for number 5.

Stones fans by far the happier and looking forward to the draw for the 4th round on Monday,Boreham Wood’s fans will concentrate on maintaining their League form. Their ” F A Cup” follows, who showed little interest in the football all afternoon will no doubt disappear for another year and hopefully as far as Wealdstone are concerned, for a lot longer.