Woking Town 1 AFC Wimbledon Youth 7
West Surrey Premier Elite - Sunday 16 October 2005
This was AFC Youth's first league win of the season. After drawing with fellow title contenders AFC Wimbledon and Epsom Eagles, it was vital that AFC Youth took all three points off bottom-club Woking Town. After a slow start from both sides Woking took a surprise lead on 7 minutes. A long punt from the keeper caught out the AFC rearguard, and a Woking midfielder broke away to beat a stranded Nick Greaves with a brilliant lob from 20 yards. Two minutes later Timi da Silva threaded a ball through to Sonny Russell who slipped the ball past the advancing keeper for the equaliser. In AFC's next serious attack Luke Ewing turned a defender in the box, and then brought a great save out of the keeper from close range. The visitors began to dominate because in the midfield Tee-Jay Ryan and Sonny Russell were winning virtually everything, and always prompting and driving forward into the Woking final third. The pressure eventually told when ten minutes from half time, Sonny Russell sent Timi da Silva away down the right to bang in the second AFC goal.
In the second half AFC continued to storm forward at every opportunity with William Taylor, Troy Murray, Timi da Silva and Sonny Russell all prominent in threatening the Woking goal. It was not long before Sonny Russell fastened on to William Taylor's pass and hammered the ball into the top of the net from twenty yards.Woking continued to battle away, but going forward they could make little impact on a very solid AFC defence. AFC eventually took complete control and Timi da Silva sent a header inches over after a brilliant passing move. Jack Malin and James Snishko made several surges out of defence, and one of these forays started a move that saw Troy Murray beat the keeper with a very cool finish. AFC were still too strong for the hosts and another fluent passing move saw William Taylor and Sonny Russell set up Troy Murray for a slick finish by chipping the Woking keeper. After 75 minutes Troy Murray completed his hat-trick, and as the game drew to close Scott Fullerton stole in at the far post to score to make it 7-1 by heading home a corner. Excellent performances all over the pitch from AFC, but Sonny Russell shades Troy Murray for man-of-the-match with yet another outstanding performance in midfield.
Reporter's man of the match: Sonny Russell
Team: Nick Greaves; Scott Fullerton, Jack Malin, Charlie Dennis, Sahil Patel; Matthew O'Brien, Sonny Russell, Tee-Jay Ryan, Luke Ewing; Timi da Silva, Troy Murray. Sub: James Snishko, William Taylor.