Televised success for Maidenhead United in 2-0 win over Boreham Wood

Josh Kelly celebrates his goal with teammates. Photo by Darren Woolley

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Josh Kelly and Nathan Blissett fired Maidenhead United into yet another win in front of the BT Sport cameras in a 2-0 win over Boreham Wood.

The Magpies have performed consistently well when the cameras have rolled into town; a succession of 3-2 wins at York Road over Woking and Wrexham proved that earlier in the season.

Furthermore, it was yet another win over a promotion contender, with Boreham Wood sat in third with games in hand coming into the Saturday evening clash.

The Wood had been unbeaten in the league since a 1-0 loss to Chesterfield in October; no matter, it was clear throughout much of the game their 12-game unbeaten run was set to come to an end at York Road.

The Magpies started brightly, although threatening chances were sparce in the first thirty minutes. The visitors had the first real opportunities, when Tyrone Marsh forced a save from Magpies’ ‘keeper Dan Gyollai in the 19th minute.

Less than a minute later, the Wood nearly took the lead when Kane Smith’s effort from the edge of the penalty area rocketed off the crossbar.

Nonetheless, it would be Kelly who would grab the opener. Remy Clerima passed the ball to the striker, who worked himself into a position to take a shot from 20 yards out. His low effort curled past former Maidenhead number one Taye Ashby-Hammond to take the lead.

The game settled down for the 15 minutes either side of the break. Boreham Wood brought on Danilo Orsi and Adrian Clifton, and it would be the former United players who would come closest to an equaliser.

Clifton almost scored with his first touch of the ball, after Orsi played him through one-on-one with Gyollai but his effort was well blocked.

Ten minutes later, Orsi himself would have an opportunity to secure a point, although his low effort would be gathered comfortably by the Maidenhead goalkeeper.

Gyollai would go onto claim his clean sheet, and any chance of a fightback was quashed when the Magpies doubled their lead in the 84th minute.

A free kick from what was effectively a corner position was whipped in by Sparkes, and the Boreham Wood defence failed to clear properly. Ryan Upward’s effort from the resulting scramble was heading wide, but Blissett flicked the ball in past Ashby-Hammond to secure three points for the hosts.

The Magpies remain in 20th, nine points above Weymouth. However, they have games in hand over the teams around them, and are only three points off 14th -placed Eastleigh.

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