Warner Sent off as Borough Draw at Home with Maidenhead
Eastbourne Borough dropped two valuable home points in a 3-3 draw against lowly Maidenhead United at Priory Lane this afternoon.
On the overall run of play Borough should have completed a comfortable victory over Maidenhead, but it all went wrong for them as they had Phil Warner sent off as well as losing Scott Ramsay and Andy Atkin with injuries.
Ramsay headed Borough into a 10th minute lead only for the defence to fall asleep as Maidenhead Lee Newman equalised just a minute later. Anthony Storey restored the Eastbourne lead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute after Ramsay had been brought down by Dominic White in the area. With Danny Marney on for the injured Ramsay, Borough were momentarily reduced to 10 men when Atkin hobbled off in the 67th minute.
But with sub Matt Smart waiting to come on, Ryan Ashe fired in Maidenhead's second equaliser. Three minutes later Warner was harshly penalised for hands in the area and was booked before Stephen Hughes made it 3-2 from the penalty spot.
Disaster was now following disaster for Borough and with manager Garry Wilson urging his team to calm down, Warner committed a silly foul and was sent off for a second bookable offence. Borough, however, kept plugging away and Marney squeezed in the equaliser for a final 3-3 scoreline.
The goal gave the 10 men of Borough new heart and Marney missed two late chances to snatch maximum points. While Borough paid dearly for poor defending and Warner's dismissal, they should have sewn up the game in the first half when they totally dominated play without making it count.
Eastbourne Today
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