Hayes & Yeading Utd 2
Tyler Hayles (28')
Kaylen Hinds (57' pen)
Uxbridge 3
Kai Hobbs (38')
Massimo Giamattei (88')
James Richmond (90+4' og)
As divides go, Stockley Park is not the most intimidating of barriers, but this trip to UB4 was more pivotal than most – with fourth placed Uxbridge travelling the three miles to in-form fifth place Hayes & Yeading United on Tuesday evening. The SkyEx Community Stadium has not been a happy hunting ground for the Reds, two visits yielding two defeats and a 0-9 aggregate score.
After a good performance by Uxbridge in defeat at Farnham at the weekend, this match would go a long way to shaping the play off picture in the Isthmian Leage South Central division. George Moore dropped to the bench for this one, with ex United forward Jonathan Hippolyte coming into the starting eleven.
A predictably cagey opening saw Uxbridge enjoying plenty of possession, but a low shot from Harry Rush on 6 minutes was the best chance for either side in the opening 20 minutes. Andrio Brandao managed to fashion a chance on 23 minutes but fired his shot straight at Juliusz Pazio in the home sides goal. United then opened the scoring with their first chance of any note on 28 minutes, as a corner wasn’t dealt with by the Uxbridge defence, and after the ball worked loose, Tyler Hayles was on hand to drill the ball past George Legg. Uxbridge responded by controlling the play and kept their heads -and the ball- all the possession paid off when on 38 minutes the equaliser came. Ada Okorogheye did well to get wide and beat the defence, and was fouled, perilously close to the edge of the penalty box. The resultant free kick was whipped in by Harry Rush and was met emphatically by Kai Hobbs unmarked to head home. There was time before the break for another Uxbridge free kick to get deflected just past the post by the United defence, but it was all square at the break.
HT 1-1
The second half began with a very confident penalty shout from the visitors after Josh Addae was seemingly fouled as he found some space in the box, but the referee waved away the protests and awarded a goal kick. Minutes later another good shout for a penalty was turned away after a lunging challenge on Jonathan Hippolyte in the box – again nothing doing. It was third time (un) lucky on 56 minutes though as Mr Smith the referee finally did give a penalty – to Hayes & Yeading – as George Sippetts got in behind the reds defence from a long ball and was brought down in the box. Kaylen Hinds stepped up and sent Legg the wrong to restore the home teams advantage. Uxbridge still created chances, Geroge Moore had come on at half time lobbed a shot just wide, after Okorogheye had put good pressure on the home side defence forcing them to concede possession. At the other end on 74 minutes Legg was called on to make a fine save from Hinds, whose shot seemed destined to go in – but the Uxbridge shot stopper was more than equal to it. Time was not on Uxbridge’s side now, and the inevitable substitutions and “injuries” started to eat in into the clock – it appeared as if it was not going to be Uxbridge’s evening. George Moore had other ideas though, and his tireless work up front did reap some rewards. On 87 minutes Moore closed down Pazio and blocked his clearance, the ball looped goalwards – and with both men chasing the ball down – it seemed destined to go into the goal – only the outstretched hand of the keeper, saw the ball clawed away for a corner, and it was just the players who rippled the net. The resultant corner was not dealt with at all by the United defence and after a couple of blocked shots the ball fell to Massimo Giamattei on the edge of the box, who rifled the ball through a crowd of players into the far corner – cue jubilant celebrations behind the goal – but not on the pitch, the players to their immense credit when straight back to kick off – with a winner to go after. The winner did indeed arrive with the game 4 minutes into stoppage time, the ball broke to Moore in his own half – who then led the charge through the middle – United failed to deal with the ball, which found its way back to Moore on the right hand edge of the box, his low cross into the middle was turned into his own net by James Richmond, under pressure from Dernell Wynter -this time the celebrations were on both sides of the fence, and Uxbridge held on for a famous victory and took the 3 points and bragging rights back over to UB7.
FT 3-2
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