Result: Yeading 3 Uxbridge 2
Ryman League Division One North - Saturday 27 December 2003
The Ding enter the new year second in the table with games in hand after cruising to a 3-0 half-time lead. Nevin Saroya's spot kick, Danny Jordan and a spectacular effort from DJ Campbell put the Ding firmly in control but sitting back in the second half they allowed Uxbridge two free headers that they scored and left Yeading biting their nails for the last ten minutes of the game.
Result: Harlow Town 1 Yeading 1
Ryman League Division One North - Saturday 20 December 2003
Nevin Saroya netted from the spot to earn the Ding a point on a difficult pitch at Harlow
Result: Barking & East Ham United 1 Yeading 2
Ryman League Division One North - Tuesday 16 December 2003
The Ding keep up the pressure on promotion rivals and go back to secong with this away win but they had to graft it out. Yeading had made hard-work of the first-half but took the lead soon after the break through Danny Hawksworth. Barking equalised and the game looked like it might end as a draw until Michael Barima hit an unstoppable effort into the Barking net to give the Ding all three points.
Result: Yeading 3 Wealdstone 2
Ryman League Division One North - Saturday 13 December 2003
An Emond Protain volley in the 90th minute saw Yeading complete a season double over the Stones, despite the Ding being without five first team regulars.
Alex Stanley (his first Yeading goal) and DJ Campbell had scored Yeading's earlier goals.
Result: Yeading 0 Leyton 1
Ryman League Division One North - Saturday 6 December 2003
Yeading's unbeaten home league record was ended by an 83rd minute Trevor Paul goal after the Ding had hit the post through Danny Jordan but never really failed to capitalise on their dominance of the game.
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Left-sided defender Alex Stanley has joined the Ding from Aylesbury United. A former Reading scholar he is expected to debut against Leyton with Emond Protain still not back to full fitness.
Cup Draw: Bryco Cup Third Round
Yeading have been drawn at home to Division One North title rivals Cheshunt in the Third Round of the Bryco Cup. Games are due to be played 3rd January 2003.
Result: Yeading 1 Taunton Town 3
FA Trophy Second Round Replay - Tuesday 2 December 2003
The Ding's unbeaten home run and Trophy dreams came to an end due mainly to two moments of poor concentration at the start of both halves. One-down after 42 seconds through slack defending Yeading although having the best of possession and play never really troubled the visitors goal in the opening half. After the break Nevin Saroya got caught in possession from kick off and Taunton netted their second this time within 40 seconds of the half getting under way.
A freak 35 yard effort caught everybody out to give Taunton a 3-0 break midway through the half and Michael Barima's 86th minute goal was a mere consolation with Yeading frustrated by the woodwork, goalkeeper and frantic Taunton defending.
Fistures: FA Trophy Third Round Draw
The victors between Yeading and Taunton in the FA Trophy Round two replay face an away trip to either Whyteleafe or Worthing in the next round. Third Round ties will be played on Saturday 10th January 2004.
Result: Taunton Town 3 Yeading 3
FA Trophy Round Two - Saturday 29 November 2003
Yeading will have to do it all again at The Warren on Tuesday night after being heartbroken by a string of events that saw a comfortable 3-1 win stolen from them in ten minutes of injury-time.
The Ding had started slowly and were caught napping on the break to go one down on 41 minutes. However an individual goal from Darti Brown put the sides level just before the break and Yeading looked like progressing into the next round.
Just two minutes into the second half DJ Campbell put the Ding ahead amidst a suspicion of offside and the Taunton crowd were stunned into silence.
Danny Jordan extended the lead on 67 minutes and Yeading were crusing as they turned on the style. Then came the seventieth minute Keith Newby flew two-footed into a tackle over the top of the ball and so began a 20 man brawl in the Ding half. Newby was deservedly shown a red card for the tackle, but Yeading were then handed further punishment. Picking off candidates one-by-one the referee showed yellow cards also to David Clarke and Kevin Randall for what his assistant had seen off-the-ball. This was Clarke's second of the game and Yeading were down to ten men.
Taunton scored straight from the restart when Delroy Preddie failed to hold Michael Booth's free kick and Yeading were reduced to valiant defending that seemed to be holding up for a dramatic win.
However, decision after decision then began to go against them at both ends of the field with DJ Campbell and Errol Telemaque both denied penalty claims while corners and dangerous free kicks were awarded to Taunton as seemingly a matter of course.
Nine minutes into injury-time Anthony Lynch sent the home crowd wild by netting an equaliser and with the final whistle seconds after the re-start Yeading could hardly be blamed for a feeling a sense of injustice.
