Scorers
Stones: Royston 47, 90, Takaloo
61
T.Wells: -
Line-ups
Stones: Pat Mullin, Aaron Lacy
(Nick King 69), Nick Blade, Nathan Paul, Gary Hemens,
Ryan Royston, Andy Hart (Charlie Plummer 67), Sam Tydeman,
Mo Takaloo (Mario Celaire 67), Simon Austin, Nick Hegley.
Subs: Jason Barton, Lee Sperring.
T.Wells: Mikael Czanner, Jason Bourne, Ben Hilden,
Adrian Hatcher, Brad Mortimer, Andy Garrett (Adbul El-Ferdi
84), Alex Rich (Sebastian Okezeja 69), Daniel Ansell,
Dave Hassett, Joe Fuller, John Sinclair (Steve Ward
45). Subs: Mike Ward, John Whitehouse.
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The Stones made it four wins out
of a possible five against Tunbridge Wells with a professional
performance at the Culverden Stadium.
Its no secret that the PDC Cup isn’t a priority
for the Stones this season and this was reflected in
a number of changes to the starting line-up which included
Nick Blade and Andy Hart from the reserves who impressed
greatly.
Tunbridge Wells started brightly and Daniel Ansell
was causing The Stones defence problems, first squaring
the ball to Alex Rich only for the shot to go wide and
then he himself couldn't hit the target after finding
space.
Neither side created much up front but Maidstone's
Nick Hegley did hit the post with 27 minutes played
when he received Simon Austin's cross with his back
to goal and despite the attentions of a defender he
managed to dig out a shot.
However within just 2 minutes of the restart, The Stones
took the lead. Adrian Hatcher conceded a free kick out
near the touchline and Simon Austin sent a good delivery
over to the far post, which was side-footed into the
net by Ryan Royston.
And just 14 minutes later The Stones doubled their
lead. Nathan Paul cleverly played in Mo Takaloo whose
shot, which was goal bound, took a deflection off Jason
Bourne on its way into the net.
The Wells did have a couple of chances late in the
game and Dave Hassett was guilty of a bad miss from
substitute John Whitehouse's pass.
And after United had survived two goalmouth scrambles
in which The Wells failed to find the net, Ryan Royston
rounded off the scoring with a goal in stoppage time.
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