Wingate & Finchley 3 Northwood 1
Tuesday 15th September 2009
- Line-ups
- Match Report
Northwood |
FA Cup First Qualifying Round Replay Summers Lane, Finchley |
Wingate & Finchley |
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Mitch Swain | 1
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Kick Off |
1
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Gavin King | |
Mark Burgess | 2
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7.45 p.m. |
2
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Marc Weatherstone | |
Gary Burrell | 3
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Attendance |
3
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Kieran Street | |
Chris Seeby | 4
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85 |
4
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Ahmet Rifat | |
Michael Peacock | 5
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H/T |
5
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Daniel Nielsen | |
Brad Hewitt | 6
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0-0 |
6
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Craig Ellis | |
Rob Ursell | 7
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Scorers |
7
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Mike Lenahan | |
John Christian | 8
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Northwood |
8
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Jake Furman | |
Eugene Ofori | 9
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Christian 89 |
9
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Leon Smith | |
Anthony Page | 10
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Wingate |
10
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Chris Chase | |
Hugo Figueiredo | 11
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Chase 53, Smith 78, 90 |
11
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Leon Fisher | |
Substitutes |
Substitutes
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Garry Senior (7, 60m) | 12
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Bookings |
12
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Aynsley McDonald (3) | |
Lee Holland (2, 70m) | 14
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Northwood |
14
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Dave Norman (6) | |
Harry Smart | 15
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n/a |
15
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James Gershfield | |
Patrick Lawrence | 16
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Wingate |
16
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Jamie O'Donoghue | |
Terngu Agera | 17
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Neilsen |
17
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Dean Williams | |
- | 18
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Sending Off |
18
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David Laird (11) | |
Aaron Bufton | 19
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Northwood |
19
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Callum Horton | |
Ofori |
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RIVERSIDE MAN OF THE MATCH:
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Referee: Mr Gavin Muge |
Assistants: Mr Minkuk Choi & Mr Peter Zuffa |
Northwood’s hopes of a decent F.A. Cup run were shattered as they crashed to first qualifying round replay defeat at a wet and windy Abrahams Stadium.
After an evenly matched first-half, Wingate stepped up a gear and dominated the second period, with Woods task being made even harder as they were reduced to ten men after the unlucky Eugene Ofori received a red card.
Manager Dave Anderson made one change to his team, Mark Burgess returning to the midfield with Gary Meakin making way as Northwood reverted to a flat back four.
Woods began in determined fashion with the strong wind at their backs and they seemed intent on making up for throwing away the two goal lead in the first game. And Northwood almost took an early lead following a Rob Ursell corner, Hugo Figueiredo’s header cleared off the line by ‘keeper Gavin King with Bradley Hewitt almost converting the rebound.
Woods continued their lively start to the game and Figueiredo was in the thick of the action again as he latched onto Chris Seeby’s cross but he was unable to keep his header down.
Wingate weathered the early Northwood storm and they launched a series of incisive counter-attacks with Leon Fisher twice shooting wide from good positions whilst Leon Smith headed over from a corner.
Chances were being created at both ends, Smith shooting across the face of the Northwood goal following another sweeping move whilst at the other end John Christian’s snap-shot was fisted away by King before Burgess saw his fierce drive deflected over the crossbar.
Woods finished the half strongly as they looked to make the most of the wind advantage, the lively Figueiredo going close once more as his shot flew wide of the far post whilst Anthony Page had a good shout for a penalty turned down as he surged into the penalty box.
Northwood had been unable to break the deadlock and Wingate showed them how to do it with a fine individual goal on 54 minutes as Chris Chase sent a shot from the edge of the box beyond Mitch Swain in the Woods’ goal.
Garry Senior replaced Rob Ursell on 70 minutes but Woods were struggling to get any decent possession as the wind and rain blew directly into their faces.
Lee Holland replaced Burgess and the substitution coincided with Ofori controversially receiving his marching orders after he contested a 50/50 ball.
Woods’ evening got worse as they conceded a second goal on 81 minutes as Leon Smith finished well following another quick break.
With the wind and rain sweeping into their faces, the ten-man Northwood gave themselves a glimmer of hope when Christian pulled a goal back after 81 minutes as he converted Figueiredo’ s low cross.
However, there was to be no miracle comeback for Northwood’s as the tie slowly petered out in the miserable conditions, Smith, looking suspiciously offside, adding to Woods’ woes with his second of the evening deep in stoppage time, to confirm Wingate’s place in the next round.
Report by ROBIN PIPER