4:48pm Thursday 21st February 2008
WINCHESTER CITY came up with the perfect birthday present for manager Andy Leader on Saturday.
After a string of poor performances and a somewhat lacklustre first half, two goals from skipper Dave Allen were enough to provide Leader with a win - albeit against Slough Town a side third from bottom in the table.
A 0-0 half-time scoreline wasn't exactly the many happy returns' 43-year-old Leader had hoped for.
But he was not afraid to change things and, having dropped Adam George and Richard Gregory to the bench in the wake of the latest defeat - 2-0 at Thatcham - he sent them both on after an hour for Paul Taplin and James Knight.
Four minutes later his boldness was rewarded when man-of-the-match Aaron Parfitt's fizzing, low drive was parried by keeper Richard Barnard for Allen to slot in the rebound at the far post.
On 70 minutes Leader threw on his third sub, Andy Jacobs, for the tiring Stuart Hussey and, almost instantly, the No 16 teed up Allen to bury his second.
Full story in this week's Hampshire Chronicle.
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