St Albans City Vs Maidstone United (10/08/24)

[Music] well after a summer where we've got Les than dizzy from Eurovision a general election where we turned from Blue to Red saw one US president get shot and another give up his next shot felt the gold rushian Paris Sandy Murray Mark CIS James Anderson glitter and careers all coming to an end and so near and yet so far again for England's men at the AOS football nearly came home and the stones start this latest season away here in St Albin midstone United find themselves starting to write their difficult second full season album under George alovi the First full season where he became the club's greatest cup manager in their history including that massive run to the FA Cup fifth round all of that is in the past he says and the focus even more so this season is on promotion throw in plays the one two there's dead field with a lovely left footed pass over to the left hand side for castig Leone to chase Seaman is trying to keep him out there Cuts outside gets a shot in a whack of blocks SE Possible little trip first time shot from dead field and that flies over the crossbar and the first real shot in anger from either side there Nigel 2 minutes [Applause] [Music] gone quick ball as it's taken and Charles is shot is blocked right hand side near side to us and Andre Junior's done very well to get down to that shot there Nigel cuz if he had another half yard of pace there just could have got around the keeper and put that one away couldn't they cross pitch Partington it's a lot of possession for or certainly the better of the chances so far as it falls over the top for Charles to chase monore in behind Fowler turns back outside turns inside once more ball across and Sam Smith bodies up against it nice and square left foot clearance over towards the corner flag throwing for some ORS but the pressure slowly building on the stones half dozen passes coming up to a dozen passes at Maidstone have kept in his last 30 40 seconds there Blair with a heavy touch at one point but keeping possession header into the back and Bentley's played in and he's oneon-one with the keeper goes down on his left side not enough for a foul he's got support on the edge of the box and Sam corn and he goes for a long range effort just over the crossbar and we've said some aens have had the better the chances but probably the best chance there Nigel 24 and 1/2 minutes gone and cor inches away from giving Maidstone possibly an undeserved lead in the ratings The Saints have done pretty much everything bar up the ball in the net so far this afternoon but don't forget Sam K's chance well Sam Smith is gifted the ball to Rulo Charles love turn away from F CS back on his right hand side and just bends a shot wide off an air post of Alexis Andre Jr and probably not the best chance of the half for St Al free kick rather than the corner on this near side certainly the first one over there with the left foot Ben Brooks whips it to the back of the box headed down deflected away looking for a hand ball from James there potentially nothing given from the referee it did look like there was leg down there blocking it rather than arm both sides seemingly content with a nil nil at half time we'll see if St hbin have enough in them to launch a worthwhile attack at the end of the half as Rulo dinks a lovely ball through the middle of the defense on the right hand side and Charles takes a shot it's fisted Away by Andre Jr cleared away header up by rasula headed out by higs good movement from Bentley there though that flick on header higs gets a header down to Brooks on the far side the stones left this afternoon ball through the middle for Blair to take a touch and bring it down just mled out of it by long King Bentley gets a good challenge in then call First gets a shot away and it's just wide of the left hand side and Johnson would have not had a chance to do anything about that one there Nigel a massive chance for call thirst after good play from there and then Bentley's Challenge and Andre J will take this free kick on this near side right side for the stones up the channel Bentley's underneath it gets a touch cleared up Channel by pay Smith with a header back over halfway to Bentley once more plays Barry in the pass Barry to Blair Blair back to Bentley gets the shot in and it's a weak shot in the end from [Music] Johnson corns rocket in the first half yeah slow of equalized against chelsford caught with some lovely footwork to get past Banton CR with some of his first touches in the center circle seems to be we've said before a lot of where his play will come from Smith's ball up the channel Blair doesn't need to keep it in CU long King nearly heads it out Benton and Blair challenging Blair infield to Benton who's in on the goalkeeper he can't get the ball across the sixy Box good block In The End by James as you say sometimes jameses one of their best defenders and attackers on his day yeah as Barry gives the ball away to court in the edge of the Box court shot deflected and the stones pressure building the noise from the stones fans building as well he coming Smith plays the ball down the left hand side which Benton is nearly ahead of long King there had a lot of space to go into it if he'd have got that challenge right K getting in front of Banton and winning that ball so Bon got Benton and Banton goodness me it's going to be fun as with those in the last 15 minutes as Benton is taking on pay still got possession and he's not kept it in play unfortunately just about Stones fans Furious partially at Benton and probably partially at referee England there to be fair is going to be potentially decisive goal in this match with 12 1 half minutes left of the 90 is Andre Jun takes his kick over the halfway line good flick from Benton Blair is through the middle and he's past Barry and Blair is in and he's tripped It Wide on the far post maybe he's gone with the wrong foot there Nigel the right footed lob just think past the far post big big big chance from Blair but any goal will do as uh Forest Back famously once said for Andy Murray 11 years ago Brooks lines up the free kick and shoots Johnson ends up in the net and the ball is just the other side of the post and goodness me that was a whisker away and the stones really upping the pressure now in this second half all five of your subs coming on certainly not been any concussion substitutes there Brooks is waiting to take the corner brings it in the near post and a wacker's won it t a wacker on debut cracking header for mstone United and it's all kicked off over there and mainstone United might just have snatched this game at the death with a fantastic header and we said we wanted center backs George said he wanted Center back to score that and they have gone and put the stones in front right at the death at all B still midstone United W I'll start dancing once the fulltime whistle goes digel I I'll see you for a shindig then and you should be dancing and the stones are dancing and they're marching on on on and on and on with a massive three points here at Clarence Park what a massive massive result for the stones we will bring you our now Infamous hot tap very shortly indeed