Premier Division
Desborough Town 3 Buckingham Town 5
Saturday, 10 September 2005
These two sides kicked off the day in the bottom four, but provided an entertaining 90 minutes at the Waterworks Field. The Robins had a poor recent record in this fixture but they always had their noses in front after taking a 16th minute lead through Gary Cook who converted a John de Souza pass. Michael McKenzie's fourth goal in three games for the Robins, a header from a Moses Olaleye cross, doubled the visitors' advantage after 23 minutes. On 27 minutes McKenzie, Lewis Reid and Abdul Abdi combined to set up Olaleye for a third Buckingham goal but Desborough replied a minute later through David Glass who fired home a free kick. Buckingham looked home and dry when defender Ian Trott made it four on 46 minutes. Desborough reduced the arrears through Greig McIlwain's well taken effort after 67 minutes and when youngster Danny Hearn scored the home side's third goal after 88 minutes, Buckingham's lead looked in jeopardy. The Robins were quick to seal victory though, as Cook made the points safe, heading in an Abdi cross after 89 minutes.
Desborough: Paul Beresford, Danny Marlow (Ben Baines), Callum Noble (Danny Hearn), Glyn Davies, Scott Munton, Jimmy Simpson, Matty O'Neill (Gary Clark), Greig McIlwain, Tom Mills, Eddie Mills, David Glass.
Buckingham: Will Gourlay, Ian Trott, Lee Grant, Lance Gentle-King, Abdul Abdi (Reuben Max-Grant), Lewis Reid, Moses Olaleye, Junior George, Gary Cook, Michael McKenzie, John De Souza (Lee Orcheston)
Attendance: 65. |
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