League leaders Woodley Roofing managed to overcome Earley Gunners with a 4-2 win. Gunners could have made a dream start when Paul Ali raced onto Paul Clark’s through ball but his lob when just wide of the post.
Woodley Roofing then took the lead in the first half through when Gunners were caught asleep and they played a short corner which was drilled into the box and finished from close range shot. Gunners fought back and had plenty of possession. Gareth Akers was looking particularly dominant down the right hand side of midfield and it was his good work which led to Gunners equalising through Bill Maslin.
Gareth Akers also had a great shot which the keeper parried away for a corner. Gunners had a few more chances with Paul Clark pulling the strings in midfield, although the team were on occasions guilty of not playing the easy ball to a free man and trying for goal ourselves which eventually proved costly. Woodley then sucker-punched Gunners with two goals before half time. The first was a looping header over the onrushing keeper and the second was a shot from outside the box. The half time score was 3-1 to Woodley.
The team then decided to revert to a 4-4-2 formation with Neil Rumbold making his first start to the season and he soon made his mark by latching onto a ball from Leon and scoring within two minutes of coming on. Gunners then pressed the opposition for good periods of the second half but couldn't find the net although they came close when Bill and Neil decided to fall try and block each other on the opponents goal line and Woodley cleared the ball. Gunners again squandered possession in dangerous positions and failed to add any further goals.
Woodley were limited to a few chances on the counterattack and this paid off in the dying few minutes when they volleyed in from a cross to kill the game off. The final result was a 4-2 defeat. Paul Ali was Gunners "Man of the Match" for a good performance in the defence.
Match Facts
MOM : Pa Ali
Goals : B Maslin (1), N Rumbold (1)
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