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| RIDGEONS
LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION |
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Woodbridge Town 2 Ipswich Wanderers 1 |
| Tuesday 29th April 2008 |
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JUST AS they had done in the
first meeting between these two sides earlier in the season
Woodbridge staged a come-from-behind win. |
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Lee O'Neill equalised five minutes after Darren
Mills had put Wanderers in front mid-way through
the first half and Ben Seaman clinched all three
points with a well-taken goal in the 65th minute
to make it two wins in four days for the
Woodpeckers.
Wanderers, who had finally lost their
season-long battle against relegation on
Saturday, started brightly and created four
chances before they eventually took the lead.
James Buckle fired over the bar in the fifth
minute and two minutes later a mistake by Ben
Miller let in Lee McGlone whose shot was blocked
by Marcus Garnham and although the ball fell for
Mills he was unable to get sufficient power in
his header to trouble the keeper from the
rebound.
McGlone lifted his shot over both the advancing
Marcus Garnham and the crossbar in the ninth
minute after some good approach play down the
right-hand side by Chas Thorpe, before Mills
charged down Miller's attempted clearance but
the Woodbridge captain recovered to force Mills
to shoot wide under his challenge.
However, Mills made no mistake in the 22nd
minute when he rose well to meet Curtis
Haynes-Brown's left-wing free-kick and head past
Marcus Garnham, who in the afternoon had been
keeping goal in a 4-3 win for Ipswich Town
Reserves against Luton Reserves at Kenilworth
Road.
The lead was no more than Wanderers deserved but
it was all too shortlived from the visitors'
point of view as good approach play saw Seaman
and Luke Read exchange passes down the right
wing and Read's low right-foot shot was touched
home by Lee O'Neill for the equaliser.
O'Neill and Paul Hart both blazed over the bar
either side of Mark Roper requiring attention
for a head injury sustained when going for the
ball with team-mate Arran Sheppard and then
O'Neill saw his shot saved by goalkeeper Gary
Hammond's legs and Bickers was unable to force
home the rebound as the half came to a close.
The second-half saw little by way of goalmouth
action up until the 64th minute when McGlone
turned well in the box but his shot was straight
at Marcus Garnham and a minute later Woodbridge
scored the winner when Seaman cut in from the
right and saw his initial shot blocked but when
the ball was knocked into his path he scored
with a well-struck right-foot shot across the
keeper.
Three booking in the space of four minutes -
Hart and Roper for Woodbridge and Buckle of
Wanderers - livened up proceedings as Woodbridge
closed the game out in the dying minutes.
Woodbridge Town: Marcus Garnham; Arran Sheppard
(sub Ted Nichols 83 mins), Grant Monaghan, Aaron
Churchyard, Mark Roper, Ben Miller, Luke Read,
Paul Hart, Jon Bickers, Lee O'Neill, Ben Seaman.
Unused subs: Sean Rea, David Kempson, Craig
Jennings.
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