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| Uxbridge FC 1-1 Leighton Town FC |
Leighton hit the road again this weekend and made the journey to
Uxbridge who currently sit 15th in the league on 25 points after 19 games.
With players still missing Leighton were once again lacking on the bench
but they kicked off strongly with Ash Farmer having a shot 2 minutes in.
Phil Draycott was up next to try and fire one home but the ball flew
over the bar. Danny Watson was shown a yellow card in the 9th minute for a
dangerous tackle.
Dan Green made a vital save in the 12th minute denying Craige Tomkins of
a goal when he headed the ball down towards the line from a free kick.
A similar event happened at the other end of the pitch only minutes
later when Dave Murphy headed Draycott’s free kick into the hands of Paul
McCarthy.
Uxbridge scored in the 17th minute when Chris Moore played the ball
through to Kevin Warner however he was offside and the goal was disallowed.
Leighton had to make an early substitution brining on Harvey-Bailey
Irving in the 20th minute, when Robbie Goodman went down clutching his ankle
and had to be carried off the pitch.
Uxbridge's first corner of the game didn't come until 30th minute and
was cleared easily by Leighton's defence. Subsequently their second corner came
shortly after and Alvin Rajaram was waiting at the near post to clear the
danger.
The handbags came out between Rajaram and Tomkins in the 41st minute
when it looked like Rajaram had sustained a head injury. However the referee
controlled the situation well but ended up booking Warner rather than Tomkins.
Uxbridge kicked off the second half and immediately bombarded Green with
numerous shots, which he managed to save up until the 51st minute.
Matt Woods and Moore both seemed to be offside but with no flag up they
continued to run towards goal. With Green out of his goal and only Rajaram
chasing up the rear Woods had no trouble putting the ball into the back of the
net, sending Uxbridge into the lead.
Leighton fought back hard coming so close to scoring but just couldn't
finish to equalise. However in the 61st minute the hard worked paid off, as a
ball from Rajaram was chested down by Draycott to the feet of Mark Bunker. He
walked his way round McCarthy and sent the ball into the corner of the net,
making it 1-1.
Murphy was shown a yellow card in the 64th minute for taking down an
Uxbridge player, both ended up sprawled on the ground.
Leighton made their second substitution bringing off Warren Garcia for
Claude Senla. Mis-communication between Green and Bunker in the 67th minute saw
the ball unmanned and Lewis Cole clattered straight into Bunker to try and
retrieve it, he was shown a yellow card.
Gary Ridgway cleared the ball off the line in the 75th minute to stop
Uxbridge from edging ahead. Some great manoeuvring past 3 Uxbridge payers by
Rajaram was wasted when Draycott's cross was too deep for anyone to reach.
Michael Lyon was shown a yellow card in the 80th minute. Green denied
Uxbridge of another goal in the 88th minute with a great save in the air from
Jake Groves cross.
With only 1 minute left on the clock Warner nearly headed the ball into
his own net, but luckily for Uxbridge it went just over and out for a corner.
The last kick of the match went in Leighton's favour as they were awarded a
free kick.
Green stepped up to take the kick, Lyon controlled the ball well with
his feet and crossed the ball to Senla. He managed to the launch the ball
towards the goal but no one was there to send it across the line, resulting in
the game ending 1-1.
Leighton's next game is at home to Bedford Town on Saturday 20th
December, kick off 3pm.
Uxbridge FC
Team- McCarthy, Ayodele, Phillips, Thomas, Wiseman, Carter, Warner Cole,
Woods, Moore, Tomkins
Subs- Bates, Dennison, Groves, Wambeek, Pickford
Leighton Town FC
Team- Green, Rajaram, Ridgway, Goodman, Murphy, Bunker, Garcia, Farmer,
Lyon, Watson, Draycott
Subs- Senla, Irving, Halai, Tompkins
Attendance- 105
By Hannah Sellman
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