Blue
Square Premier - 13th October 2007
At The Kingfield Stadium - Att 1,557 (174 York)
Report
Teenage striker Onome
Sodje scored twice and also set up a third for Martyn
Woolford as the visitors shattered Woking's unbeaten record
at the Kingfield Stadium.
The former Charlton Athletic youngster was on target four minutes
into each half before presenting the opportunity for Woolford
to seal victory in the 71st minute.
The Minstermen named an unchanged side and went close in the
third minute when Darren Kelly headed Woolford's corner wide
at the far post.
Within sixty seconds the visitors were ahead as SODJE
raced onto Daniel McBreen's pass and produced a deft finish
to lift the ball over advancing keeper Nick Gindre and into
the net.
Midfielder Stuart
Elliott then curled a free-kick marginally wide two minutes
later.
Woking's on loan striker Joe Gatting steered a volley straight
at keeper Tom Evans in the sixth minute, while Woolford narrowly
missed the left-hand post at the opposite end three minutes
later.
York had an escape when Danny Bunce's cross was turned inches
wide of his own upright by Kelly, before keeper Evans
failed to hold Goma Lambu's cross and David
McGurk hacked the ball clear.
Home striker Marvin Morgan cleared the target from distance
in the 19th minute, while Evans saved Gatting's driven effort
from the edge of the area five minutes later.
The visitors were still under pressure as the bustling Morgan
headed wide from Bunce's cross, before Evans was forced into
swift action to deny Gatting's far post header following an
inswinging corner.
York midfielder Elliott had a 20-yard attempt saved at his bottom
right-hand corner by Gindre in the 40th minute, while a magnificent
break from skipper Emmanuel
Panther five minutes later earned his side a corner after
McGurk had cleared at the opposite end.
Woolford's subsequent delivery from a short routine with Paul
Brayson had McGurk heading against the crossbar in the final
action of an entertaining opening period.
The Minstermen increased their advantage four minutes after
the interval when home midfielder Matt Pattison attempted a
lofted back-pass from distance towards keeper Gindre following
a cleared corner at the opposite end.
But the Woking keeper produced a heavy first touch that allowed
the predatory SODJE to expertly steer the ball
into the vacated net to the delight of the travelling supporters.
Sodje almost completed his hat-trick four minutes later when
cutting inside from the right and flashing a shot across goal,
while keeper Gindre failed to collect Darren
Craddock's cross and Woolford sent the ball over the bar.
York keeper Evans saved Jay Gasson's header from Bunce's corner
on the hour, before Kevin James curled a 28-yard free-kick wide
four minutes later.
Woking defender Gasson was forced to clear after Sodje had raced
past Gindre and pulled the ball back from a narrow angle, while
the visitors' on loan striker McBreen headed down for Brayson
to volley into the clutches of Gindre.
The Minstermen added a third when Sodje surged diagonally across
from the right in the 71st minute before being denied twice
in quick succession by Gindre and Gasson.
But Sodje wasn't finished and produced a spectacular overhead
kick back across the area that allowed WOOLFORD
to emphatically lash the ball home left-footed.
Goalscorer Woolford fired over from 20-yards four minutes later,
before shooting straight at Gindre following a slip by Paul
Lorraine in the 84th minute.
Meanwhile, Elliott also struck a shot narrowly wide of the left-hand
post after progressive work from Brayson on the left.
Ref: M. Bull
The Teams
Woking: Nick Gindre, Jay Gasson, Paul Lorraine,
Matt Ruby, Danny Bunce, Goma Lambu (Guiseppe Sole 66), Kevin
James, Bradley Quamina, Matt Pattison (Paul Hakim 55), Marvin
Morgan, Joe Gatting (Matthew Gray 75)
Subs (unused): Adam Green, Jerome Maledon
Booked: none
York City: Tom Evans, Darren Craddock, David
McGurk, Darren Kelly, Mark Robinson, Paul Brayson, Stuart Elliott,
Emmanuel Panther, Martyn Woolford, Onome Sodje (Russell Fry
79), Daniel McBreen (Richard Brodie 74)
Subs (unused): Josh Mimms, Danny Parslow, Ben Purkiss
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