A superb battling display saw the Magpies secure a 1-1 draw against high flying Dartford. Mark Smith writes: In a high tempo first half, Alex Wall gave Maidenhead the lead with a shot that arced over Louis Wells after being deflected. The visitors fought back and equalised when Danny Harris headed home at the far post after a good move, which sent the large travelling support into raptures. Towards the end of the first half, Reece Tison-Lascaris reacted angrily to a challenge by Louis Wells by pushing the custodian in the face and receiving a straight red card. Faced with playing an entire half a man short, Maidenhead rolled up their sleeves and put in a real shift of hard graft. Following the inspirational lead of captain John Scarborough, everyone stepped up to the plate and worked their socks off to restrict the visitors to a handful of chances. The closest the Darts came to a winner was when Luke Wilkinson thumped a header against the crossbar, but after an agonising four minutes of added time, Referee Pottage ended the match leaving the honours even. Maidenhead: Lumley, Behzadi, Solomon, Brown, Henry, Scarborough, Powell, Tison-Lascaris, Wall, Holgate, Pritchard. subs; Williams, Strutton, Semakula, McKain, Lennox. Dartford: Wells, Jones, Green, Bonner, Wilkinson, Champion, Noble, Wallis, Erskine, Graham, Harris. subs: Hayes, Garrod, Burns, Braybrook, Ibrahim. Referee: Mark Pottage (Dorset) Attendance: 355 Next Saturday, the Magpies have another crucial match away to Hampton & Richmond Borough.
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