HRBFC 2 Hayes & Yeading 1
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Hampton & Richmond Borough advanced to the Quarter Finals of the Middlesex Senior Cup with a deserved win over Conference Premier side Hayes & Yeading.
Goals from the returning Louie-Rae Beadle and Charlie Moone ensured the Beavers winning run extended to three games, a first for Mark Harper’s side this season.
Hampton left captain Matt Ruby and regulars Dave Tarpey, Joel Legester and Nathan Collier on the bench with a mind to test some fringe players competitively. The opening stages certainly looked every part a cup-tie as the game started brightly with both sides busy harassing and harrying and passing the ball crisply.
Midfielder Paul Johnson, asked to play at left-back, had the opening chance of the game as his speculative cross had goalkeeper Delroy Preddie scrambling back, but to the Hayes man’s relief the ball dropped onto the roof of the net.
It was all Hampton in the first 15 minutes and the away side were lucky to get away with a strong penalty shout as Charlie Moone chased down a back pass to Preddie, the stopper tried to take on the pestering striker, slipped and his air-shot brought down Moone in the box, but the referee waved the appeals away.
Hayes’ first efforts on goal came from lively Barbadian international Louis Soares, the former Aldershot winger, signed in the summer from Southend blasted his first shot over the bar from 12 yards, his second tested the Beaver ‘keeper Craig Ross. Soares cut inside from the left, beat three players but he couldn’t add to is 13 goals this season as his shot from outside the box bounced before Ross gathered cleanly.
On 20 minutes Dan Thompson had Hampton’s first shot on target as Beadle collected a fantastic clearing header from Dean Inman, the winger drove at the back-peddling United defence, cut back for Thompson who’s snap-shot was smartly turned round Preddie’s near post.
5 minutes later the impressive Thompson, returned from a trial at Portsmouth, had another chance as he controlled Beadle’s drilled cross in the D, swivelled but saw his strike sail over the bar.
Hampton started to apply some real pressure with Moone skewing a weak left foot shot wide of an open goal from six yards and a goalmouth scramble from a corner as Billy Jeffreys’ near post flick was stopped on the line, Moone tried to hack it in from off of the floor, it ricochet up and Thompson’s looping header was clawed round his far post by a frantic Preddie.
Hampton dominance finally told on 40 minutes, the busy Moone capitalised on a horror clearance from United’s Curtis Ujah, Moone held off the retreating defender and shot across Preddie, who could only palm it into the path of Beadle who side-footed into the empty net.
At half-time Morgan was replaced by home favourite JJ O’Donnell for his final Hampton appearance of 2011 as his loan deal from Luton expirers.
However he and the rest of the Beavers were on the back foot as Hayes had the territorial and possession advantage with Tom Collins, Luke Williams shooting straight at Ross, Daniel Wishart dragging a long-ranger wide and Inman and Jeffreys making crucial blocks.
On 69 minutes right-winger Collins had Hayes’ clearest chance and should’ve equalised. Put through and into the area the right-winger could only smash the ball at Ross who rushed off of his line to save smartly.
A minute later Hampton doubled their lead; the impressive Beadle pounced on a loose ball and drove into the Hayes half. His through ball for Moone was perfectly weighted and the forward rounded the flat-footed Preddie and stroked it home.
Moone could’ve made it 3 but dragged wide after Thompson made some space in the area, unselfishly cut it back for Moone when shooting at goal was a better option.
With 2 minutes to go Hayes did have the ball in the back of the net, however Williams, the man-over in a swift counter attack was adjudged, quite rightly to have strayed offside.
The tie was almost put to bed in added-on time, JJ zipped past his markers and crossed low for Thompson who looked certain to score but for a wonder save from Preddie.
Hayes & Yeading did get a consolation goal with virtually the last kick of the game as Tom Cadmore scrambled home a loose corner to take a little gloss of a win for Harper’s side over a team a tier above
Despite this and a slight ankle strain for Morgan and Jeffreys leaving the ground with his arm in a sling, Harper will be pleased with the performance of the whole team, especially Louie-Rae Beadle who scored one and made the other to apply some pressure on regular Nathan Collier.
Hayes & Yeading return to the Beveree next Saturday for the FA Trophy First Round and Harper will have some tough decisions of who to leave out.
