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ROYALISTS GIVEN HOPE WITH WIN
Windsor & Eton picked up a valuable win in their fight against relegation wining 2-1 away at Hendon.
Blaise O'Brien agve the home side the lead before Solomon Taiwo equalised on the stroke of half time with Gavin Tomlin hitting the winner.

Solomon Taiwo Levelled For Windsor
Neither side made an impact early in the game but it was Hendon who created the first chances.
Andy Cook managed to find space in the Windsor area and fired across goal with Kieron Drake doing well to keep the ball out.
Cook then thought he had set up Ross Pickett to give his side the lead but as Pickett went away celebrating he noticed a raised flag from the linesman.
Hendon had better luck just a couple of minutes later when Windsor failed to deal with a corner and Dave Tilbury was juged to have tripped Dave Hunt and Referee Rowley duley pointed to the penaly spot.
Blaise O'Brien stepped up and confidently slotted the ball past Drake.
Windsor picked themselves up, got straight at Hendon and almost equalised immediately when Gavin Tomlin raced through but put his effort wide of he post.
With half time approaching windsor kept up the search for the equaliser and when Lee Kerseys free kick fel for Adam Wallace t he Windsor striker shot but his effort was deflected over by Marc Leach from 2 yards.
Windsor's pressure paid off in first half injury time when Drake's long cearance was headed down to Solomon Taiwo by Tomlin and the Windsor midfielder hit a 25 yard shot that nestled nicely in the bottom corner.
The second half got off to a bad start for Hendon as they were forced to make their second change of the match.
Having already lost Lee O'Leary to injury mid-way through the first half just three minutes into the second Iain Duncan was carried off after a challenge from Adam Wallace.
Hendon showed glimpses of getting back into the match when a corner was only cleared as far as Mark Cooper who hit a speculative shot from distance which Drake did well to tip over he bar.
Windsor finaly took the lead mid-way through the second half when Tomlin cut into the Hendon area and was tripped by Cooper earning Windsor a penalty.
Tomlin picked himself up and took the penalty that Rikki Banks did well to save but could do nothing with Tomlin's rebound.
There was still time for an injury time scare for Windsor when Kersey played the ball back to Drake who attempted to clear but struck O'Brien. Drake was able to recover as the ball slowly rolled towards the goal.
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