Matt Groves
DORCHESTER TOWN
1	Regan Coward
2	Ryan Hill
3	Neil Martin
4	Mark Jermyn
5	Nathan Walker
6	Kevin Hill
7	Nick Crittenden
8	Jamie Gleeson
9	Ryan Moss
10	Matt Groves		82
11	Steve Devlin
Substitutes
12	James Coutts
14	Scott Brice		82
15	Josh Llewellyn
16	Harry Nodwell
17	Warren Byerley
MAIDENHEAD UNITED
1	Warren Carter
2	Jack Bradshaw
3	Jamal Fyfield
4	Lewis Ochoa		67
5	Mark Nisbet
6	Marcus Rose
7	Ashley Smith
8	Bradley Quamina
9	Adam Bernard		63
10	Keiran Knight		63
11	Sam Collins
Substitutes
12	Bobby Behzadi		67
14	Alex Wall		63
15	Keiron St Aimie		63
16	Tom Baddeley
17	Chris Tardif
Referee
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Saturday 24th April 2010
		Dorchester Town	4
		Groves pen 31, Moss 51, 89, Gleeson 59
		Maidenhead United	2
		Collins 38, Wall 76

Groves joins 150 club as Dorchester end season on a high

by Ky Capel

Matt Groves got his final wish of the season – scoring his 150th goal for Dorchester Town as they ended the term with a 4-2 win over Maidenhead United.

The hit-man opened the scoring from the spot and although Sam Collins equalised for the visitors, Ryan Moss and Jamie Gleeson put the hosts into a commanding lead.

Substitute Alex Wall closed the gap to one with 14 minutes left to play but a last-gasp clanger from keeper Warren Carter enabled Moss to make the game safe.

After last week’s horror show at Lewes, boss Ashley Vickers made six changes for the final match of the campaign.

Out went Kyle Critchell, Ollie Barnes, Harry Nodwell, Scott Brice, James Coutts and Warren Byerley and in came Ryan Hill, Mark Jermyn, Nathan Walker, Steve Devlin, Gleeson and Groves.

Visiting forward Kieran Knight had Regan Coward scrambling in the fifth minute with a low drive that narrowly evaded the right-hand upright, to which the hosts responded with a Devlin header that just cleared the bar.

The opening 20 minutes were far from lively and certainly had the feel of an end-of-season procession in which neither side had much to gain, or lose.

United full-back Jack Bradshaw twice tried his luck from distance while at the other end Carter made a meal of Ryan Hill’s long throw but Jermyn could only lash wide under pressure.

The Dorset Magpies though, were handed the perfect opportunity to take lead just 60 seconds later when Jamal Fyfield was adjudged to have pulled back Gleeson in the Maidenhead box.

Up stepped Groves and he fired into the bottom left corner for his 13th of the season and 150th in black and white.

However, the Berkshire Magpies drew level eight minutes later. The home defence went missing following a long ball over the top and three Maidenhead players, led by Collins, advanced towards goal.

Neil Martin raced across the penalty area to close the man down but his slight block appeared to deceive Coward somewhat and the home gloveman was unable to keep the effort out.

Dorchester were almost gifted the lead once more as Ryan Hill’s delivery was sliced inches over the top of his own goal by Bradshaw.

Maidenhead started the brighter of the two sides in the second period and saw Knight glance a header wide before Lewis Ochoa’s 25-yard free-kick whistled past the far post.

But it was the county town outfit who next made an impact on the scoresheet, and in empathic fashion.

Moss raced on to a searching pass and found the top corner with a thunderous effort from the right corner of the United box.

And it was 3-1 prior to the hour. Devlin’s cross-cum-shot was held up by Groves close to the six-yard area and he laid the ball off to Gleeson who, on his 200th appearance for the club, powered a shot into the roof of the net.

A weak header back from Bradley Quamina, in the 74th minute, almost gifted Devlin an easy goal but he was let off the hook.

And Quamina was afforded an even bigger smile moments later as his side cut the deficit. Substitute Bobby Behzadi picked out fellow replacement Wall and the latter comfortably beat Coward from close range.

Maidenhead rarely threatened an equaliser and ended the game two adrift following a howler from Carter.

There appeared to be no danger when the keeper came to collect on the edge of his box but he failed to gather the ball sufficiently and Moss took full advantage to join Groves at the top of this season’s chart with 13.