THE YOUTH TEAM TRAVELLED TO ESSEX ON TUESDAY EVENING KNOWING THAT A WIN FOR ROMFORD WOULD SEND THEM TO THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE HOWEVER WINGATE & FINCHLEY NEED POINTS OF THERE OWN TO CLIMB AWAY FROM THE FOOT OF THE TABLE. WITH THE NEW SIGNINGS STARTING TO SETTLE, THE TEAM IS READY TO COMPETE WITH ANYONE IN THIS LEAGUE AND THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE PICKING UP POINTS BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON. THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE GAME WAS END TO END WITH CHANCES AT EITHER END. WINGATE WERE THE FIRST TO SETTLE INTO THIER STRIDE AND BEGAN TO PLAY SOME QUALITY ATTACKING FOOTBALL. NEWLY APPIONTED CAPTAIN SHAI REVIVO AND OLLIE DE WAN WERE AT THE HEART OF ALL THE ATTACKS AND PLAYED SOME INTELLIGENT THROUGH BALLS FOR TERRY MIREKI AND ANTHONEY BAYELE TO TEST THE ROMFORD GOALKEEPER. WHEN ROMFORD DID ATTACK, THEY CAME UP AGAINST BEN ELLIS AND THE RETURNING ZEKI SUZEN WHO WAS OUTSTANDING ON THE NIGHT. WINGATE AND FINCHLEY DESERVEDLY TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH ANTHONEY BAYELE AND THIS REAMAINED THE SCORE UNTIL HALF-TIME. THE SECOND HALF STARTED AS THE FIRST HALF FINISHED WITH WINGATE WELL ON TOP AND ADDED A SECOND GOAL THROUGH MICHEAL YU BEING ALERT IN THE PENALTY AREA AND ANTICIPATING A REBOUNDED SHOT FROM TERRY MIREKI. THE BOYS SOON MADE IT 3-0 WITH A TREMENDOUS STRIKE FROM TERRY MIREKI. FROM THIS POINT THE GAME COMPLETELY CHANGED WITH SOME EXTROADINARY STRANGE DECISIONS FROM THE REFEREE. WHILST MIREKI WAS ON THE ATTACK HALF WAY INTO THE ROMFORD HALF THE REFEREE AMAZINGLY BLEW HIS WHISTLE AND GAVE A FREE-KICK ON THE EDGE OF WINGATES AREA FOR BAD LANGUAGE FROM A WINGATE PLAYER. FROM THE RESULTING FREE-KICK, ROMFORD WON A CORNER AND SCORED. STRAIGHT AFTER THE RE-START MICHEAL YU BUNDLED THE BALL 2 YARDS OVER THE ROMFORD GOAL-LINE WHICH EVERYONE IN THE GROUND SAW BUT THE REFEREE CHOSE TO WAVE THE PLAY ON. ROMFORD SCORED THIER SECOND FROM A FREE-KICK AFTER THE REF DEEMED THAT GOALKEEPER ALEX FLETT HAD COME OUT OF THE AREA WHILST TAKING A GOAL-KICK. ZEBY COLE AND CULLEN FRENCH CAME ON FOR MATT LANGLEY AND MICHEAL YU. THIS NEARLY PAID DIVIDENDS WITH FRENCH PUTTING COLE THROUGH ON GOAL BUT THE ROMFORD KEEPER SAVED WELL AT HIS FEET. THE GAME TOOK ANOTHER TURN FOR THE WORSE WHEN THE REFEREE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL OF THE GAME, ALEX FLETT GATHERED THE BALL FROM A CORNER, CLEARLY HAD TWO HANDS ON THE BALL BUT WAS THEN PUSHED IN THE GOAL BY TWO ROMFORD PLAYERS AND THE GOAL WAS GIVEN. THE WINGATE AND FINCHLEY PLAYERS WERE UNDERSTANDABLY FURIOUS AND THIS UNFORTUNATLEY LEAD TO THE SENDING OFF OF THE OUTSTANDING ROB BLACKMAN. THE SCORES WERE TIED AT 3-3 WITH WINGATE A MAN DOWN AND MINUTES TO GO, BOTH TEAMS WERE GOING FOR THE WINNER. UNFORTUNATLEY WITH THE MOMENTUM OF ROMFORD COMING BACK FROM 3-0 DOWN, THEY SNATCHED THE WINNER IN THE DYING MINUTES. WINGATE AND FINCHLEY THREW EVERYTHING FORWARD AND NEARLY GRABBED AN EQUALISER WHEN 14 YEAR OLD CULLEN FRENCH HIT A FREE-KICK FROM 25 YARDS THAT CLIPPED THE TOP OF THE CROSSBAR. "UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS AND PROVOCATION THE BOYS SHOWED A GREAT MATURITY AND ATTITUDE, THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT" COMMENTED YOUTH COACH TROY FRENCH. 1. ALEX FLETT 2. JAHBEZ 3. ROB BLACKMAN 4. ANTHONEY BAYELE 5. BEN ELLIS 6. ZEKI SUZEN 7. TERRY MIREKI 8. OLLIE DE WAN 9. MATT LANGLEY 10. SHAI REVIVO 11. MICHEAL YU 12. ZEBY COLE (FOR MATT LANGLEY 70) 14. CULLEN FRENCH (FOR MICHEAL YU 74)