HARWICH & PARKESTON  3
WOODBRIDGE TOWN  0
22 April 2008

Both teams sought for midfield supremacy, in what was a scrappy opening period, eventually it was Harwich that took the upper hand on 20 minutes when Page met with a Matt Stace cross, volleying the ball into the net via the underside of the bar. The Woodpeckers barely had time to take stock when their defence was breached again, leading goal scorer Page pounced, this time onto Barrett’s threaded pass and was able to guide his shot past the advancing keeper.

A lively start to the second half saw the best of both shot stoppers, Wootten palming O’Neils sliding effort over the bar and at the other end Garnham had to be at full stretch to deny a left foot screamer from Defeo. Woodbridge played at times some neat passing football but lacked that cutting edge upfront to open up their opponents defence, in contrast Harwich looked a constant threat going forward and put the match out of reach in the 70^th minute when Lee Barrett surged out of midfield skipping challenge after challenge, before he rounded Garnham and slotted home for a convincing victory.