Weekend football round-up

Sportsdesk • Published 14 Nov 2011 12:14 0 Comments

See also:

MAIDENHEAD United FC's '140 years at York Road' party celebrations were dashed by a late Michael Rankine equaliser in their FA Cup first round clash with Aldershot Town on Saturday.

Anthony Thomas put Magpies ahead early on with a perfectly executed strike but Rankine side-footed home from six yards on 77 minutes to force the tie into a replay at the Ebb Stadium on Tuesday 22 November.

The winners of the replay will travel to League One side Sheffield Wednesday, who won 2-1 at Morecombe on Sunday, in the second round on the weekend of December 3/4.

Slough Town went back to the top of Southern Division One with a 2-0 win against high-flying St. Neots Town at Holloway's Park.

Ben Abbey gave Rebels a 22nd-minute lead when heading Stuart Swift's cross into the top corner and Slough doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time thanks to Nathan Bowden-Haase's close-range finish.

Beaconsfield SYCOB slipped out of the play-off places and down to mid-table after a 2-1 loss at Woodford United.

Fiston Manuella headed Rams into the lead but Glenn Hawkins restored parity shortly before the break with a smart turn and finish.

Ben Milner rose well to head home a floated free-kick midway through the second half and seal the win for the hosts.

Burnham slipped into the relegation places for the first time this season after a 3-1 loss at Leighton.

James Hatch put the hosts in front with a long-range effort that lobbed new Burnham keeper Andy Bayliss.

Kieran Knight had shots cleared off the line and struck the crossbar before Leon Simpson beat Blues' captain Will Dunlop in a sprint and scored past Bayliss.

Ross Hanley converted Jake Bewley's cross from the left to seal the points on the hour mark before Mitch Woodward bagged a consolation goal with a shot that deflected off Mark Nisbet.

Elsewhere, Windsor FC continued their push for promotion from Combined Counties Premier with a comfortable 7-1 victory against Cove in a game that saw star midfielder Jake Parsons return after the demise of Windsor & Eton in February.

Goals from Kyle Anthony, Yashwa Romeo and a Joe Chandiram penalty put Windsor three goals ahead at half-time, and all three were on target again in the second period.

Ben Porter added a seventh in injury time while Dean Thomas bagged a consolation goal for the hosts.

Finally, Holyport slipped to their sixth consecutive defeat after losing a nine-goal thriller 6-3 at Ascot United in the Hellenic Premier League.

After going a goal behind inside 60 seconds, the Villagers took a 2-1 lead into the break thanks to goals from Ben Sturgess and Dan Bailey.

A Jon Bennett hat-trick after the break and a Chris Firrelly goal put Ascot 5-2 ahead before Jamie Handscomb pulled one back from the penalty spot. Bennett bagged his fourth and Ascot's sixth late on to seal the win.

** FOR FULL MATCH REPORTS & ALL THE REACTION FROM YOUR CLUB PICK UP A COPY OF FRIDAY'S OBSERVER **

Return to the main index, get more from this section or browse our Sport archives.

Follow @windsorobserver