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    • As it happens: Chesham United 1-1 Maidenhead United

    02:51PM, Saturday 24 January 2026

    As it happens: Chesham United vs Maidenhead United

    The points are shared at The Meadow. Dulson's second half strike cancelling out Weiss' opener in the first half. 

    90' Clerima sends the ball straight out of play from a cross. Wasted opportunity to put some late pressure on the Generals defence. 1-1

    90' Pritchard sends a late chance well wide of the mark from the edge of the box. 1-1

    United have eight minutes of stoppage time to try and find a winner here. 1-1 

    90' CHANCE! Jayden Mitchell-Lawson heads Pritchard's free kick just off target. That was so close to dropping in. 

    The Generals will have to see out the final minutes (plus considerable stoppage time) with 10 men. 

    87' RED CARD! Chesham's captain Callum Adebiyi has been sent off after a clash with Dulson in the right corner. 1-1

    85' Five minutes plus a bit of stoppage time for either of these teams to find the winner. Both teams are going for it but Chesham have shaded the past five minutes or so! 1-1 

    82' Alfie Williams clips a ball into the box and it's flicked on and looks to be creeping inside the far post until JVS makes a magnificent save. He's been good for the Magpies today 1-1

    80' Harry Pritchard is about to come on for Asher Yearwood who looks to have picked up a knock. 1-1 

    Dulson and Popoola once again looking like Maidenhead's best source of goals today. But Chesham have responded well to the Magpies equaliser and are very much still in this game to win it! 1-1 

    Attendance at The Meadow today: 914

    74' Almost a comical own goal from David Mantle who stretches to reach a cross and very nearly heads the ball past JVS who'd come out to collect it himself! 1-1 

    68' GOALL!!! Liam Dulson levels it up! 

    Great move from the Magpies. Yearwood sends in a low cross from the right, Popoola lays it off to Dulson, who takes aim and fires the ball past Goode. The Chesham keeper managed to get a hand to it but Dulson's shot had too much power! 1-1

    67' Popoola sidesteps his maker on the edge of the box and fires in a low shot, but Goode is equal to it. Better from the Magpies though. 1-0 

    64' Yearwood can't quite get his head on the end of a fizzed Dulson cross from the left. United are trying to build up a head of steam here but they simply haven't had enough attempts on goal today. 1-0

    59' Jordon Ragguette comes on to replace Owen Cochrane for the Magpies. The visitors are looking to switch things up in a bid to get back into this but so far they've not managed to gain any fluency or momentum. The game has been very stop start with injuries and that's not helping them either. 1-0 

    56' David Mantle goes into the book after a late challenge over on the far touchline. After a bright start to the second half from the Magpies Chesham have managed to get back on an even keel as they protect this lead. 1-0

    55' Zak Joseph replaces Oliyide for Chesham United. 1-0 

    52' Another early second half change for Maidenhead. Josh Umerah replaces Sam Barratt in attack. 1-0 

    51' Josh Addae manages to get onto the end of a throughball after escaping Clerima's challenge but his low effort at goal is weak and is comfortably saved by JVS. 1-0 

    47' The Magpies break well through Cochrane and Dulson. Dulson cuts onto his right in the area and gets off a powerful shot but Goode saves well. Best effort yet from the Magpies and an encouraging start to the second half. 1-0 

    46' The second half is underway with the Generals leading 1-0. The Magpies will need to step up the tempo significantly if they want to get back into this. 

    Maidenhead haven't played particularly well by their own standards so far but there was a huge element of luck with Chesham's goal. Having said that, if you don't shoot you don't score and the Generals got to the ball first on the edge of the box and the wayward effort cannoned in off Weiss - I'm not sure how much he knew about it though! 1-0 

    43' Goal! Chesham lead just before the break through Mitchell Weiss. The initial shot took a huge deflection to wrong-foot JVS and bounce almost apologetically into the net. 1-0 

    37' Maidenhead very nearly break from a Chesham long throw. Popoola collects the ball and sends the ball over the top for Dulson to chase, but it runs away from him and the hosts clear the danger. 0-0 

    35' Maidenhead respond with a good chance of their own. Popoola sends in a free kick from the left and de Havilland rises well to power a header goalwards, but it's kept out on the line by keeper Ben Goode and Chesham defenders. 0-0 

    33' Chance as Chesham go through on goal. Karl Oliyide races onto a hopeful ball over the top and gets away from Will de Havilland, but Jordi Van Stappershoef stands up well to make the save. Big save from the Magpies keeper there! 0-0 

    30' Half an hour in and it's been a game of few clear cut chances so far. Still waiting for this one to burst into life. Basically a big scrap in the middle of the field on a heavy pitch, with few clear cut opportunities in the final third for either team. 0-0 

    22' Great chance for the Magpies. Popoola plays in Barratt who gets to the byline and cuts it back just in front of Dulson who would have had a tap in. So close to the opener there! 0-0 

    21' A spell of pressure for the Magpies as they swing in two or three crosses that Chesham just about manage to deal with. Dulson also looked to have been hacked down on the edge of the area but the referee waved play on. 0-0 

    18' Maidenhead finally break forward through Josh Popoola on the left and he squares the ball to Dulson on the edge of the box, but the Magpies midfielder loses it as he tries to take on his man. Decent opportunity wasted there. 0-0 

    14' Best chance of the game so far and it falls to the home side. Samson Esan is played through on the left and chips the ball over the bar. Clerima must have got a nick on the ball and deflected it over the bar. Good chance for the Generals but it remains 0-0 

    12' Clerima gives away a foul outside the area after Mitchell-Lawson was guilty of gifting possession back to the home side. 0-0 

    8' Alfie Williams has a go with a free kick from distance but smashes it high and wide of the target. 0-0 

    7' Maidenhead playing with a 5-3-2 formation with Cochrane and Mitchell-Lawson as wing backs. The plan will be to break at pace if they can lure the Generals forward. 0-0 

    5' The pitch is certainly playable. But after all the rainfall this week, it won't be easy for either side to get the ball down and play good football. 0-0 

    3' Some early pressure from the hosts. Chesham swing in a cross from the left that's flicked on but it's easy for Jordi Van Stappershoef to take 0-0 

    1' Maidenhead kick the game underway. Chesham attacking towards the Meadow

    The teams are taking to the field at The Meadow! We're minutes away from kick-off. 

    Here's how the Generals line up this afternoon

    Sam Barratt and David Mantle are in from the start at The Meadow

    Here's how the National League South league table looks ahead of kick-off

    Here are interim boss Ryan Peters' thoughts on the win over Enfield

    Maidenhead United make the short trip to Buckinghamshire to take on Chesham United at The Meadow this afternoon. The Magpies are looking to build on last week's impressive 3-0 win over Enfield Town. It lifted the team to within three points of the play-off places and they'd love to close that gap further this afternoon. 

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