Slough Town
2
Hill (25), Amos (62)
Wembley
1
Short (35)
League
Slough eased their way into a brief stay at the top of the Athenian League Premier Division table with this win over Wembley, on Saturday.
In nine meetings since Wembley were promoted in the top division they have only ever managed one win over Slough that was in the Floodlit League. Few of these previous encounters can have lacked excitement as this match did, after an opening 20 minutes in which Slough clearly showed why they are considered a top amateur side they let the visitors into the game and almost gave them a point.
Wembley, with only one point to their credit, could hardly believe their luck as Slough faded away with little to show of the form expected.
With Terry Reardon rested and Dave Swain relegated to the substitutes bench, Ray Hill continued in his striking role with Tony Amos and Micky O'Sullivan as his partners, unfortunately for O'Sullivan he pulled a hamstring just before half time and had to be replaced by Swain whilst both Hill and Amos scored to maintain their joint top goal scorers position.
The opening 15 minutes were exclusively Sloughs, with Wolstenholme just another spectator, O'Sullivan received a kick within the first 30 seconds and play had to be delayed whilst he received treatment from trainer John Graham, immediately after the restart Cruse gained a corner when his shot was deflected, three minutes later a Reid cross was back headed by Cruse to bring a fine from Grant in the Wembley goal.
Slough continued to press their persistence was rewarded in the 15th minute when Day pushed the ball inside to Amos who dribbled the ball well into the area where he was brought down but managed to push it out to Hill who pushed it home.
The pressure continued but Slough slowly eased up, a Hill/ Day combination was unlucky in the 25th when Hill's shot was well saved. For period after this the play went from end to end, a corner to Wembley in the 29th, to Slough in the 30th, to Slough again in the 35th and suddenly the visitors were level, the corner kick was sent well over the Slough defence and there was Short to volley the ball home from 25 yards out.
After the interval, with Swain on for O'Sullivan, Slough just could not raise their game. As so often happens when Slough meet a team playing badly they lower their game to that of their opponents, and this was to be no exception. With play meandering from end to end it was not until the 62nd minute that the crowd had anything to enthuse about when Dafforn attempted a back pass rounded the desperate keeper, steadied himself almost on the bye line and hammered the ball home from an acute angle. After this Slough should have added to their tally but the hall would not run for them.
In nine meetings since Wembley were promoted in the top division they have only ever managed one win over Slough that was in the Floodlit League. Few of these previous encounters can have lacked excitement as this match did, after an opening 20 minutes in which Slough clearly showed why they are considered a top amateur side they let the visitors into the game and almost gave them a point.
Wembley, with only one point to their credit, could hardly believe their luck as Slough faded away with little to show of the form expected.
With Terry Reardon rested and Dave Swain relegated to the substitutes bench, Ray Hill continued in his striking role with Tony Amos and Micky O'Sullivan as his partners, unfortunately for O'Sullivan he pulled a hamstring just before half time and had to be replaced by Swain whilst both Hill and Amos scored to maintain their joint top goal scorers position.
The opening 15 minutes were exclusively Sloughs, with Wolstenholme just another spectator, O'Sullivan received a kick within the first 30 seconds and play had to be delayed whilst he received treatment from trainer John Graham, immediately after the restart Cruse gained a corner when his shot was deflected, three minutes later a Reid cross was back headed by Cruse to bring a fine from Grant in the Wembley goal.
Slough continued to press their persistence was rewarded in the 15th minute when Day pushed the ball inside to Amos who dribbled the ball well into the area where he was brought down but managed to push it out to Hill who pushed it home.
The pressure continued but Slough slowly eased up, a Hill/ Day combination was unlucky in the 25th when Hill's shot was well saved. For period after this the play went from end to end, a corner to Wembley in the 29th, to Slough in the 30th, to Slough again in the 35th and suddenly the visitors were level, the corner kick was sent well over the Slough defence and there was Short to volley the ball home from 25 yards out.
After the interval, with Swain on for O'Sullivan, Slough just could not raise their game. As so often happens when Slough meet a team playing badly they lower their game to that of their opponents, and this was to be no exception. With play meandering from end to end it was not until the 62nd minute that the crowd had anything to enthuse about when Dafforn attempted a back pass rounded the desperate keeper, steadied himself almost on the bye line and hammered the ball home from an acute angle. After this Slough should have added to their tally but the hall would not run for them.
Slough Town Lineup
- 1 Ian Wolstenholme
- 2 Steve Crosby
- 3 Ian Reid
- 4 Keith Mead
- 5 Iain MacPhee
- 6 Alf DArcy
- 7 Roger Day
- 8 Peter Cruse
- 9 Micky OSullivan 12
- 10 Tony Amos
- 11 Ray Hill
Substitutes
- 12 Dave Swain 9