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Leiston 2 Woodbridge Town 0 |
| Wednesday 23rd September 2009 |
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Despite a spirited fightback,
Town paid the price for leaking two soft first
half goals. |
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Following a delayed start, only
three minutes had registered on the clock when a
long throw into the Woodbridge penalty area was
flicked on to the far post to present the
unmarked ex Woodpecker Paul Hart with a simple
conversion. Leiston's Man of the match Michael
Brothers notched their second ten minutes before
the break, an unwise headed clearance falling at
his feet before he took the ball wide to shoot
into the opposite corner from a six yard angle.
Two minutes into the second period Town were
denied a very good shout for a penalty after
Marcus Josiah had delivered a cross and Dan
Morphew's goalbound header appeared to have been
blocked by the hand of Neil Calver. Paul Berry
took a first time left footed swing to a Leiston
cross three minutes later but with too much
elevation whilst a similar effort at the other
end from Chris Pratt was safely gathered by
Jamie Stannard. Town then came close to reducing
the Leiston lead after Marcus Josiah chased and
retrieved a long ball into the corner laying the
ball back to Grant Monaghan who in turn set up
Sean Rea to fire a rasping shot that pinged off
the outside of the upright
Despite an equal share of six cautions on the
night, Leiston were also dominant in the
physical battle, successfully breaking up Town's
movement time and again, whilst the free kicks
gained were rarely turned to forward advantage
nor amounted to anything threatening. The
weekend visit of Wisbech Town to Notcutts Park
is likely to provide a similar challenge to the
Town's style of play as they seek to gain their
vital first home points of the season.
Woodbridge Team: Adam Wilson, Chris Pratt, Grant
Monaghan (Ben Seaman 80), Tom Trevivian, Craig
Stuart, Ben Miller, Aaron Churchyard, Liam
Scopes (Sean Rea 45), Jay Churchyard (Ben
Goddard 46), Daniel Morphew (Chris Lay 70),
Marcus Josiah.
Referee: Mr L. Betts (Gt Yarmouth)
Attendance 204 |
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