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Myers keeps Raiders waiting

March 28, 2011 10:04

ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro

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A solitary strike from Ben Myers boosted Oakwood's promotion hopes and left Raiders' title celebrations on hold as they were beaten for the second consecutive week.

Oakwood were on top in first half but could not break down an organised Raiders defence.

The decisive moment came during the second half after Myers free kick from the half way line was misjudged by Raiders keeper David Simnock and he could only push the ball into the back of the net.

At 1-0 Oakwood stepped eased off and Raiders dominated the rest of the second half. With 20 minutes to go Raiders thought they had a brilliant opportunity to level the scores after the referee awarded a penalty for a foul on leading scorer David Dinkin. Rather controversially the referee changed his initial decision after consultation with the linesman.