Cornwall sent off as United suffer against Maidenhead
Maidenhead United 2 Sutton United 0
Sutton handed struggling Maidenhead United their first home league victory of the season last Saturday.
Two goals down in the 57th minute, U's went a man down four minutes later when Luke Cornwall was sent off.
Having lost on-loan Jay Conroy to an ankle injury during the pre-match warm-up U's made a promising start and Maidenhead goalkeeper Scott Tarr had to be off his line quickly in the first minute to save from Eddie Akuamoah.
It was the Maidenhead home side who struck first, however, from the opening corner of the game in the ninth minute. U's failed to clear the ball and, although Phil Wilson managed to push Marc Whiteman's low shot against the post, the rebound fell for Stephen Hughes to slam home from close range.
Despite trying to string together some neat passing moves U's seemed vulnerable to their more direct Maidenhead hosts who went two up when Lee Newman shrugged off Matt Gray and dribbled along the byline before setting up a tap-in for Whiteman.
The game erupted with Brendan Gallen's reaction to a perfectly fair challenge from Gray as they contested a high ball on the edge of the penalty area. When the dust settled referee Burt waved the yellow card at Gallen, Steve Douglas, and Cornwall, who had already been cautioned.
ic Surrey Online ~ Maidenhead
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