United cruised to another impressive pre-season win this afternoon with a 3-1 victory at Maidenhead. Two goals from Lewis Haldane and a Jamie Guy penalty, all in the first half, helped the U's to a win despite a last minute consolation for the home side.

The U's used the game to take a look at former Mansfield  and Orient Winger Wayne Corden on the right wing and the 32 year old trialist looked comfortable on the ball and very composed, but it was new signing James Constable who played a part in all three United goals.

First the former Kidderminster striker turned on the edge of the box after nine minutes but saw the ball squirm through to fellow new boy Haldane who poked the ball past  home keeper Shane Gore for the opener. Then on 24 Constable twisted on the left edge of the box and was bearing down on goal when Bobby Behzadi upended him, allowing Guy to thump home the resulting penalty.

The best goal of the game also came with Constable's help on 27 as the very impressive Chris Carruthers played the ball forward and Constable touched it into the path of the flying Haldane. With daylight between him and the nearest defender just inside the opposition half Haldane was not going to be caught and finished with consumate ease past Gore at his near post to give United a 3-0 lead.

Although they could and perhaps should have built on that, with Constable having a good effort saved and sub Yemi Odubade unable to finish two good moves in the second half, United visibly relaxed after their blistering first half hour, allowing their hosts back into the game and although the defence looked mostly untroubled it was finally breached in injury time when sub Ryan Hazell completed the scoring and made it 3-1.

There was one major scare with new keeper Jake Cole limping off after 18 minutes with a groin injury, although replacement Ben Hinchcliffe, on trial from Derby, looked very confident in everything he did and caught the eye with some outstanding distribution from the back. The other worry was Luke Foster, who knocked himself out on the hour when heading a corner powerfully on target. Foster suffered a broken nose but will be available when United travel to Bath City on Tuesday night.

United

Cole (HInchcliffe 18), Day, Carruthers (Clarke 46), Quinn, Foster (Willmott 58), Burnell (Davies 82), Corden (Deering 74), Murray, Constable (Reid 85), Guy (Odubade 74), Haldane

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