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Basingstoke Town |
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Jamie Turner |
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Stuart Searle Lee Molyneaux Neville Stamp Danny Brown Mark Paterson Ben Surey David Ray Justin McKay Pablo Pedrotti James Taylor Lewis Cook Substitutes Scott Smith (2, 80) Sacha Funes Ricci Dolan (10, 80) Rob Bullivant |
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With the departures of both Matt Carruthers and Lee Shearer to Folkestone, new signing John Guest was thrust straight into the starting line-up pairing with Barry Ashby at the centre of defence. Hector Mackie who has joined the Wings from Grays until the end of the season was on the substitutes bench.
In front of a crowd of only 537 people it was the home side that started the brightest. Ten minutes in and Welling could have been in front when Danny Kedwell headed a Jamie Day corner just wide of the post.
The best opportunity of the first half fell to the Wings. Che Stadhart met a high through ball from Jamie Day but the Wings striker mishit his shot and the chance went begging.
Basingstoke were defending well and were nearly rewarded for their hard work when a header from Pablo Pedrotti flew just inches wide of the post. Keith Rowland had his left foot shot well saved by ‘Stoke keeper Stuart Searle before the referee blew for halftime.
The second half was a vast improvement on the first, and only 5 minutes after the restart the home side took the lead. Lee Gledhill's long free-kick was met by the head of Danny Kedwell who fired the ball home to give Welling the lead.
Just two minutes later and the Wings doubled their lead. Matt Bodkin went on a superb run from his own half to cross for Stadhart who nodded the ball in from close range.
Seven minutes later and Basingstoke pulled one back when Pablo Pedretti fired a fierce low-footed shot past Jamie Turner into the corner of the net.
Che Stadhart restored the Wings two goal advantage when Kedwell intercepted the ball before crossing from the by-line allowing Stadhart to score his second of the afternoon.
Hector Mackie was introduced into the game and to the Wings supporters on 75 minutes after replacing the impressive Danny Kedwell. The young midfielder nearly made the dream debut when another excellent run for Matt Bodkin allowed Mackie to hit a left foot shot from the edge of the box but ‘Stoke keeper Searle just managed to push the low shot round the post.
Basingstoke were lucky not to have been reduced to ten men when Leon Solomon was recklessly chopped down by David Ray but the referee judged the challenge only worthy of a yellow. Solomon was subsequently substituted for Steve Perkins.
It would be a nervy final few minutes for the Wings as keeper Turner dropped a ‘Stoke corner which kindly fell to Ben Surey who scrambled the ball home.
Nevertheless, the Wings held on for the deserved victory and moved up to 6 th in the table, one point behind 5 th place Lewes.
Welling travel to bottom side Carshalton Athletic on Tuesday in which will be a tough test for Adrian Pennock's side, as the Robins have improved of late, with a notable victory over league leaders Weymouth.
Click Link for Audio Interview with Adrian Pennock (3MB-Small File)
Interview with Welling Manager Adrian Pennock
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