Match Report

Braintree Town
0
Hendon
3
Date:
Saturday 05 August 2006
Competition:
Friendly
Attendance:
Unknown
Venue:
TBA

Match Report

Hendon put in an excellent performance this afternoon to see off a near full strength Braintree Town side who start their first season in Nationwide South next weekend. The scoreline was 3-0 in favour of the Greens.

The Greens took the chance to take a look at a few more new faces including goalkeeper Anthony O'Connor, defenders Ryan Wharton and Gary Hoy as well as striker Leon McDowell.

The first half was goalless with Hendon having the better chances despite Braintree having more possession. The best Hendon chance fell to Dean Thomas in the 24th minute when he sent his header just wide from a Wayne O'Sullivan cross. A few minutes later O'Sullivan saw his free kick go straight to the Braintree keeper Nicky Morgan, but shortly afterwards Morgan made a fine save to tip a shot from Dwayne Williams onto the bar.

The home side had their best chances shortly before the break when in quick succession Bradley Quinton had two shots go wide, while Robbie Martin saw his effort well saved by O'Connor.

Hendon's opening goal came in the 52nd minute when substitute Takumi Ake intercepted the ball in his own half and carried the ball past a number of home players and fired the ball home from just outside the area to complete a fine individual effort.

The second goal came nine minutes later when Wayne O'Sullivan spotted a huge gap in the Braintree defence to score direct from a 30 yard free kick leaving Morgan a mere spectator.

Both sides then made a number of changes but Hendon remained in control of the game and scored their third in the 70th minute when Ake put Thomas through to score from six yards to complete a comfortable win for the Greens.

Mention must be made of the Hendon defence which remained very solid throughout the game, with Anthony O'Connor looking comfortable in goal dealing well with everything that was thrown at him.

"I am delighted with the performance today," enthused Gary McCann after the game. "Without exception, every player was excellent today and didn't put a foot wrong."

Report by Steve Rogers

Hendon

1
Anthony O'Connor
2
Jamie Busby
3
Wayne O'Sullivan
4
Ryan Wharton
5
James Parker
6
Craig Vargas
7
Dwane Williams
8
Lee O'Leary
9
Danny Edwards
10
Dean Thomas
11
James Burgess
12
Rakatahr Hudson
14
Leon Maloney
15
Takumi Ake
16
Adilson Lopes
17
Gary Hoy
18
Franklyn Morris

Match Events

46''
Takumi Ake replaced Jamie Busby
Steve Hughes replaced Dwayne Plummer
47''
52''
Takumi Ake
54''
Leon Maloney replaced Danny Edwards
61''
Wayne O'Sullivan
62''
Gary Hoy replaced James Parker
Danny Rolf replaced Robbie Martin
62''
Andy Porter replaced Steve Parmenter
62''
Louis Riddle replaced Steve Good
62''
64''
Rakatahr Hudson replaced James Burgess
70''
Dean Thomas
75''
Adilson Lopes replaced Dwane Williams
85''
Franklyn Morris replaced Dean Thomas

Braintree Town

1
Nicky Morgan
2
Steve Good
3
Mark Jones
4
Ollie Adedeji
5
Oliver Stroud
6
Bradley Quinton
7
Robbie Martin
8
Steve Parmenter
9
James Baker
10
Dwayne Plummer
11
James Hawes
12
Steve Hughes
14
Louis Riddle
15
Andy Porter
16
Danny Rolf
17
Billy Burgess