Northwood U18 2 Wealdstone U18 1 

Thursday 7th October 2021

NORTHWOOD
1	Christos Christofi
2	Lewis Batten ©
3	Jack Dunstone (sub)
4	Raul Vagdia
5	Arinzechukwu Moneke
6	Kwao Amartefio
7	Diogo Fonseca
8	Oscar John
9	Will Robinson (sub)
10	Zyion Achiro-Coleman (sub)
11	Mayvin Vigneswaran
Substitutes
12	Stanley Thompson (sub)
14	Samur Saphir (sub)
15	Kacper Staszewski(sub)

Northwood’s Under 18s returned to winning form when they took on struggling Wealdstone at the Fenton Civil Engineering Stadium and came from behind to record victory with a late winner.

Manager Paul Masters gave a debut in goal to Christos Christofi, who became the Woods’ third keeper this season and he was also able to name his strongest attacking line-up for the first time.

The Stones were yet to record a win in the League this season so far but they got off to a flyer with an opening goal after just twelve minutes.

But the Woods worked hard to get back in the game and were rewarded with a fine goal from Mayvin Vigneswaran after 28 minutes. They looked most likely to score as the first half progressed but Wealdstone defended well to keep it level at the break.

In the second half, again Northwood looked to have the edge but they were unable to break through until, with just six minutes remaining, Will Robinson fired home to earn all three points. Any chance of the Stones battling back ended with a second yellow card leaving them with just ten players for the closing stages.

Report by ALAN EVANS