At Grosvenor Vale, Wealdstone and Maidenhead United fought to a 1-1 draw in a closely contested National League encounter, overseen by referee John Mulligan. The result sees both teams adding a valuable point to their tallies as they strive to secure their league status.
Maidenhead United took an early lead, with Brendan Kiernan finding the net in the fourth minute, assisted by Kane Ferdinand. Wealdstone responded before half-time, Kallum Cesay levelling the score in the 39th minute.
The first half also saw Wealdstone’s Deonysus Woodman cautioned with a yellow card in the 10th minute for a foul.
The second half proved a more cautious affair, with both sides making tactical changes in search of a decisive goal. Will De Havilland of Maidenhead United received a yellow card in the 54th minute, leading to his substitution a minute later; Alan Massey replaced him in defence.
Maidenhead manager Alan Devonshire sought to inject fresh impetus into his attack, making a double substitution in the 63rd minute, introducing Sam Barratt and Tristan Abrahams in place of Brendan Kiernan and Joshua Johnson, respectively. Wealdstone responded in the 71st minute with a double substitution of their own, Max Kretzschmar and Dominic Hutchinson replacing Harrison Sohna and Will Randall-Hurren. Sohna had been shown a yellow card moments before being substituted.
The substitutions continued in the 76th minute, with Nathan Ferguson replacing Casey Pettit for Maidenhead. Wealdstone made their final change in the 84th minute, Adrian Mariappa coming on for Alex Dyer. Maidenhead then made their final substitution in the 88th minute, Oluwatobi Sho-Silva replacing Kane Ferdinand, in a last-ditch attempt to secure a late victory.
The match concluded with a flurry of late yellow cards. Kallum Cesay and Nathan Ferguson both received cautions in the 94th minute, as the match ended in a draw.
The draw leaves Wealdstone in 20th position with 50 points, while Maidenhead United sit in 22nd with 46 points.