Meon Milton came into this having won 1 and Lost 2 of their opening three games, whilst Hedge End Town were undefeated, having picked up a win and two draws from their matches so far.
The game as a contest was all over by halftime, as Meon Milton opened up a four goal lead. It may have been different if Hedge End hadn’t sent a penalty high and wide after sixteen minutes, when it was still only 1-0. The hosts added two more in the second half, with Conor Mansfield rounding off the scoring by completing his hattrick, with goal number six in the dying minutes.
Chalvey (W.M.C.) Sports 2 Maidenhead Town 3, attendance 48
17’ 1-0
32’ 1-1
52’ 2-1 (pen)
69’ 2-2
90’ + 6, 2-3
@ Eltham Avenue Recreation Ground
Eltham Avenue
Slough
SL1 5UP
No Admission or Programme.
Still staying relatively local following my recent cardiac arrest and once again chauffeured to the match by my wife. Despite being just 37 miles from home, it took close on an hour and a half to drive, due to Bank Holiday weekend traffic clogging up the M25.
Chalvey had opened the season with a 4-3 win at home to S.B. Phoenix last week, but came up short in this one, as Maidenhead got their first points of the season, having gone down to Reading City U23 last week. Considering the bone hard pitch, both sides put on a decent show. Chalvey opened the scoring when the ’keeper was beaten with a lob from just outside the 18 yard box after seventeen minutes, with Maidenhead drawing level fifteen minuets later, heading in a corner at the near post.
Chalvey went back in front seven minutes into the second half, scoring from a penalty that was awarded for a handball, before Maidenhead levelled it up at 2-2 with just over twenty minutes left, when a corner was only cleared to the edge of the box and a shot was fired back into the bottom corner of the net. Six minutes into stoppage time the visitors grabbed the winner, cutting inside from a long ball, before finishing with an angled shot past the ’keeper.
Having played at Slough Town’s Arbour Park last season, Chalvey are now based here at Eltham Avenue Recreation Ground. When I saw them lose 2-5 at home to Eton Wick in an East Berkshire League Premier Division match back on May 11th 2011 they played at the Recreation Ground, High Street, Chalvey.
I managed to watch my first match since suffering a cardiac arrest whilst on holiday in St. Ives, Cornwall on 19th July, resulting in a lengthy hospital stay, finally being discharged on Thursday afternoon. Restrictions on being able to drive meant being chauffeured here by my wife, with this game fitting the bill perfectly, being around forty five minutes drive from home.
It wasn’t the greatest game, to be fair, but a very dry pitch didn’t help either side. It looked all set to finish goalless, until a through ball in stoppage time saw the striker brought down by the ’keeper just inside the box and the resulting penalty kick sent the ’keeper the wrong way to win it for the visitors.
