Windsor Saints 4 - 3 St. Andrew's

<p> Written by Matt Sears,&nbsp;Wednesday 12th&nbsp;October 2011.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The match against Windsor Saints was heated to say the least.&nbsp; They were a dirty team. Which made it all the more bitter to lose against them.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I don&rsquo;t want the score line to detract from the fact that St Andrews played well and were deserving of a victory.&nbsp;

<p>St Andrews took an early lead through Scott Chapman when Windsor failed to defend a freekick from Andy Maliff and Scott pounced to tuck home a rebound.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The lead was short lived, and Windsor equalised with a cool finish from a through ball.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Andrews got straight back into the game, and with some great link up play between the forwards and the midfield took the lead once again.&nbsp; Scott played a ball through to Andy who spotted Matt Sears in a dangerous position and played a nicely waited ball into the striker.&nbsp; The defenders were quickly onto him, but he managed to skip past the defender and tuck the ball into the bottom left corner.&nbsp; It was a great team goal which holds a lot of promise for St Andrews attacking play.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Windsor Saints got back into the game once more, again with a neat finish from the forwards, and the took the lead through a goal keeping howler just before half time.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Andrews came out strong after the break and equalised through Max Britton, who was having a brilliant game.&nbsp; A freekick was put into the box, and was deflected into Max&rsquo;s path, he showed his determination and stretched to get a right foot onto the ball and volleyed it into the back of the net.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Andrews almost took the lead on 60mins when a ball was played through to Matt Sears who put the ball into the top corner with a strong finish only to be called offside.&nbsp; St Andrews have been plagued with poor refereeing decisions this season, so who knows If this should have been a goal.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Windsor were strong going forward and won many corners which St Andrews struggled to deal with.&nbsp; On the 61st minute Windsor won a penalty from a corner kick.&nbsp; Another contentious decision from the ref.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Keen to make up for his earlier error, keeper Martin Officer put in a magnificent save to keep out the spot kick.&nbsp; Diving high to his left and tipping the ball onto the post.&nbsp; The rebound was headed wide, as the defence were quick to act.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The score was locked until the last minutes when St Andrews failed to clear a corner and the ball fell kindly to Windsor who knocked the ball home.&nbsp; It was a harsh blow especially after a strong performance.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Max Britton has been voiced as Man of the Match by a number of the team.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">St Andrews can take heart from the performance, and will be keen to build for there match against St Mary&rsquo;s.