D Preddie
D Allen-Page
A Everitt
N Bowden-Haase
N Soraoya
F Bolohoud
L Collins (71 L Hall)
D Haule (62 R Goddard)
J Goulding (62 M Barima<= /span>)
M Morgan
M Patterson
Subs:
R Goddard
L Hall
R Bouton
M Barima
B Behzadi

Braintree 3 Yeading 1- Tuesday 22nd= August 2006 Nationwide Conference South

1 N Morgan
2 B Burgess
3 M Jones
4 O Adedeji
5 R Edwards
6 B Quinton
7 R Martin
8 A Porter
9 S Hughes (J Baker 62 mins)
10 J Hawes
11 Riddle
subs:
S Good
S Parmenter
O Stroud
J Baker
E Ofori

Referee S Artis, assistants R Bird & S Gill= man

Braintree has the same side as the previous game. The FA web site said that Dwayne Plummer is banned to 30th September.

The first half was a hard fought flowing game despite a whistle happy refer= ee. The shape of the side was working well again all the way through the side f= rom front to back. Braintree were handed their opportunity to go in front when = we were awarded a penalty for no clear reason from my perspective or it appear= ed from both sets of players either. Mark Jones took the penalty which he slot= ted to the left & Yeading keeper Delroy Preddie did well to save. The Iron secured a nu= mber of corners throughout the half & it was from one of those corners (35 <= span class=3DSpellE>mins) that Rob Martin crossed for Billy Burgess from = a well timed run to power a header into the back of the net. Although Braintree we= re mounting more of the attacks than Yeading with = Riddle again forcing the issue with their defence at every chance he had, Yeading still looked dangerous at times with some good passing & the no.10 Marvin Morgan looking especially good & his best chance came on 23 minutes when his shot flashed across the face of the goal= . On 45 minutes Braintree secured a second goal when Andy Porter cracked a shot from outside the area that gave the keeper no chance.

The second half saw less flowing football and more of a battle that was nev= er the less still exciting.
Braintree nearly secured a third goal on 47 minutes when a Rob Martin's free kick str= uck the bar. On 56 minutes Yeading were awarded a p= enalty & like Braintree's in the first half, for no obvious reason. They did put theirs away with Nevin Saroya doing the ho= nours. This half was also punctuated by a number of injuries to James Hawes, Brad Quinton & Russ Edwards as Yeading fought to= get back into the game. Braintree<= /st1:place> continued to gain the odd corner from time to time. Riddle was for ever on = the go, either running at players or holding off the defence. The mid field were battling forward & back with Porter & Quinton in the centre & H= awes on the left & the excellent Martin on the right. The defence were holdi= ng tight despite Yeading desperation to get back i= nto the game. The injury time of 13 minutes seemed well out of proportion to the actual time taken but this gave Braintree another chance when a good run by Martin down the left saw his shot parried by the keeper only for Riddle to = be there for the follow up to smash the ball into the net & seal the victo= ry. The Yeading no. 10 Morgan also had a chance bef= ore the final whistle but keeper Nick Morgan saved well.
Result 3-1

An excellent result for Braintree as Yeadi= ng made them work so hard for everything they got. The six points now from 4 g= ames put us up to 11th in the table. The only slight disappointment were three s= illy yellow cards gained for winding the referee up- Steve Hughes for throwing t= he ball away, Robbie Martin for keeping hold of the ball & Louis Riddle fo= r 3D"???"

My men of the match - so hard to choose by I must go for Martin & Riddl= e