A cold, damp night up at the Ray Mac thanks to a strong wind coming off the Plain. 621 fans braved the conditions to watch Salisbury make all the running in the game with Paul Sales and Robbie Matthews combining well on 7 minutes with a 1-2 putting Sales in to score.
Yeading had a couple of shots but very little to trouble Ryan Clarke, although he almost lost the ball to a Yeading player when coming out for a ball - fortunately he managed to scoop it into the crowd.
Salisbury added a second on 28 minutes when Matthews won the ball back when an attack broke down and played a 1.2 with Sales before banging the ball into the back of the net. Clarke had to make another save from close range when he dropped the ball from a Yeading freekick into the path of their striker - he just managed to get his arm behind the ball as the Yeading player hit it and it went out for a corner.
In the second half the swirling wind and rain looked like a sandstorm caught in the floodlights. Prince was having a good game while Sales was in his element holding the ball up and bringing other players into the game. It looked like Prince had won a penalty when he was brought down in the box but the referee was having none of it and waved play on.
Matthews added a third on 61 minutes, blasting the ball past the keeper following a header before Bartlett hit a scooping shot into the net 3 minutes later - sadly I missed the moment as I was texting Alan and looked up to see the ball was in the net as the crowd showed it's approval.
Andy had a golden goal ticket for 74 minutes - although he didn't open it until the 80th minute!
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