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| Late arrival Jon
Bickers was replaced at centre back before kick
off by Ben Miller and Luke Read returned to the
side following his county duties at the weekend.
For the first time this season Woodbridge
fielded a full complement of substitutes with
Sean Rea and Jack Severy joining Grant Monaghan,
Jon Bickers and Craig Jennings on the bench. |
| Danny Phillips
earned Felixstowe a corner in the first minute
from which they took the lead when Liam Scopes
bundled the ball over the line after his initial
effort was saved by Marcus Garnham. |
| Precious little
goal action was witnessed in the next 35
minutes, efforts from Keith Hetherington, Dwayne
Edwards and Neil Calver were easy saves for Marcus
Garnham and the game was 25 minutes old before
Paul Hart sent Woodbridge's first effort over
the bar from distance. |
| Ben Miller's
suffered more injury problems as he limped off
on the half hour to be replaced by Grant
Monaghan but Woodbridge did see out the last 15
minutes of the half with their best spell of the
game. Paul Berry made a surging run through
midfield before making a pass to the left to Lee
O'Neill who cut into the penalty area and
delivered a shot to the far post which was well
saved by Paul Cudworth. Paul Berry then sent an
effort goalwards from 22 yards and Allicion
Blake met a corner kick with an overhead kick
but both efforts were the wrong side of the
crossbar. |
| In stoppage time
Felixstowe increased their lead when Danny
Phillips curled a fine effort out of reach of
Marcus Garnham from the left edge of the penalty
area. |
| With only five
minutes played after the restart Woodbridge had
used all three substitutes as Craig Jennings and
Jon Bickers replaced Allicion Blake and Arran
Sheppard. Woodbridge again struggled to threaten
Felixstowe where it mattered, in the final
third, and the best effort of the half was a Lee
O'Neill shot from 25 yards which was tipped over
by Cudworth. |
| On the hour, the
game was over as a contest when an unmarked
Dwayne Edwards gratefully accepted an assist
along the six yard box from Danny Phillips and
on 80 minutes Liam Scopes scored Felixstowe's fourth
with another long range effort, his 25 yard
dipping shot just out of reach of Garnham. |
| Paul Berry tried
his luck from 20 yards but his drive was again
tipped over by Cudworth with five minutes
remaining before Paul Hart's completed the
evenings scoring with a minute remaining for Woodbridge's
consolation. |
| With no first team
match until the FA Vase trip to Wembley,
Woodbridge now have 10 days to ensure a full
squad is fit for their most important match of
the season to date and to address their
attacking shortcomings and generous defence on
the training ground. |
Woodbridge: Marcus Garnham, Arran
Sheppard (Sub Jon Bickers 50 mins), Jamie Scales,
Luke Read, Mark Roper, Ben Miller (Sub Grant
Monaghan 33 mins), Aaron Churchyard, Paul Hart,
Allicion Blake (sub Craig Jennings 45 mins), Paul Berry,
Lee O'Neill, Allicion Blake. Unused
subs: Sean Rea, Jack Severy. |