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The Stones kept up the pressure
on leaders Beckenham Town with an easy victory over
basement side Greenwich Borough.
Despite not playing to their full
potential, United never looked troubled against a poor
Borough side and Lloyd Hume was delighted with the outcome
of the match. He said: “It was a good result against
one of the weaker sides in the league. I’m pleased
with the performance, it could have been a lot more
but I think we did enough.”
Despite a lackluster first half performance, the Stones
found themselves 2-0 up at the break although they would
have been further in front had it not been for some
wasteful finishing.
With just seconds gone, Lyndon Rowland pulled the ball
back to Nathan Paul but his shot was weak and it allowed
Michael Holder to react quickly and palm the ball away.
Rowland himself then found himself with just Holder
to beat but again his shot lacked venom and it dribbled
across the face of goal and hit the post before being
cleared to safety.
Mario Celaire could have done better with an unchallenged
header from Gary Kimble's cross before the Stones finally
took the lead. Nick Hegley burst of determination took
him clear of the Greenwich defence and he arrowed in
a low shot into the far corner of the net.
Then five minutes later, Greenwich conceded a sloppy
goal when Aaron Lacy's throw landed straight on Ryan
Royston's head and he nodded it down over the line.
A third goal looked likely on the stroke of half time
when Nick Hegley had time to pick his spot following
Rowland's pull-back but his effort went wide.
There was little action to excite the Stones faithful
in the second half but it was suddenly brought to life
with 68 minutes played. Simon Austin had just replaced
Lyndon Rowland when he found himself chasing Ryan Royston's
long ball forward. Austin let the ball bounce in the
area before his first touch of the game saw him smack
an excellent half volley past Holder.
A bad mistake from Ryan Royston then gave Greenwich
a glimmer of hope when he failed to deal with a long
bouncing ball and Dwain Moncrieve grabbed the chance
to lob Pat Mullin.
But the game was finally put beyond doubt with 8 minutes
remaining. Gary Kimble's ball forward flicked off a
Greenwich defender and Mo Takaloo took the ball into
the box before finishing superbly from an acute angle.
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