Rams held to a draw by Stotfold

Ram of the match: Eli Grant

 

The Rams were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Stotfold and will feel unlucky not to have taken all three points.

It was a quick start for the hosts, testing the Stotfold keeper twice within a few minutes of the star. The first 25 minutes were all Beaconsfield as they looked to return to winning ways with The Rams controlling the game.

After all the pressure from the Rams, it seemed to be only a matter of time before they took the lead. However, as we know football can be a funny game and against the run of play, Stotfold took the lead through Sellers–West with their opening shot on goal and 30 minutes on the clock.

The Rams continued to control the game and were given a chance to draw level when the referee pointed to the spot. However, the frustration continued for the hosts as Manu Oke – William's penalty was saved by the Stotfold number 1. The Rams would have felt very unfortunate to go into the break a goal behind.

The Rams were quick out of the blocks again as the second half started as they tried to draw themselves level. 53 minutes played and The Rams efforts finally paid off, as Joe Lawal tapped the ball home, after Josh Marcon’s shot was saved. Feeling the game was up for grabs, the hosts brought on Eli Grant to replace Maidenhead United loanee Jamie Davies. Grant didn’t have long to wait for his chance to give The Rams the lead, as he chested the ball down and smashed it into the net, after a great run and pass from Marcon.

The Rams continued to dominate the closing stages and seemed on course for a deserved win, until Meriai popped up to draw the visitors level with 6 minutes left to play and give Stotfold their first point of the season.

Beaconsfield’s players and staff will feel this is two points dropped and now have a two week wait before they get a chance to get back on track, when they travel to Leighton Town on Saturday 28^th of September.

 

Beaconsfield Town: 1 Eddie Brearey, 2 Alex Peapell, 3 Charlie Smith, 4 Matty Harriot, 5 Ben Tricker (Akhsiasvili 86’), 6 Germaine Dua, 7 Joe Lawal (Goal 53’) (Gonzalez – Valesco 80’), 8 Josh Marcon, 9 Manu Oke – William, 10 Akiel Raffie (Dundas 77’), 11 Jamie Davies (Grant 60’).

Subs: 12 Avto Akhsiasvili, 14 Juan Pablo Gonzalez – Valesco, 15 Eli Grant (Goal 64’), 16 Jadyn Dundas, 17 Iker Noguera – Leon.

 

Stotfold: 1 Liam Gooch, 2 Joshua Francis (Coppin 74’), 3 Tommy Reynolds, 4 Youssef Enajar (Mitchell Gooch 78’), 5 Dempsey Thomas, 6 James Peters, 7 Daniel Lodovica (Kissiedu 45’), 8 Lewis Lynn, 9 Joseph Sellars – West (Goal 30’) (Burnett 64’), 10 Haroon Meriai (Goal 84’), 11 Callum Kane.

Subs: 12 Ryan Frater, 14 Mitchell Gooch, 15 Tony Burnett, 16 Jake Kissiedu, 17 Alex Coppin.

 

By Arran White