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[Steve Russell]

...at Wealdstone earlier this evening!!!!

Former player Sean Adarkwa scored 4 of their goals

Petrie & Dillon were our scorers.

[Steve Russell]

From the Wealdstone website...

'Wealdstone thrash QPR U21’s in their penultimate pre-season fixture, thanks to four goals from
Sean Adarkwa.

A dominant first-half paid dividends when Adarkwa was picked out in the area to finish well into the
QPR goal.

The visitors hit back instantly, levelling the score, one minute later, before Adarkwa taped home once
more to put the Stones ahead with three minutes to go until the break.

The Stones striker sealed his hattrick just after the restart, before finishing calmly one-on-one to make it
four for the Stones and four for himself.

Two Trialist’s sealed the deal for the Stones late on before a QPR smashed home for a late consolation.

A fast start for the Stones saw them trying to take the lead within one minute. With Dylan Kadji arriving
on the edge of the area ready to strike, his goal-bound effort could only fly into the back of a defending QPR
body.

Cox’s side looked determined to go ahead early, Max Kretzschmar came close to opening the scoring, 11 minutes
in, heading just over from Jack Cook’s cross.

Despite the Stones general dominance within the half, the visitors looked dangerous on the break. A sloppy
back-pass from Cook saw the visitors striker through on goal, forcing Dante Baptiste into action, who got down
quickly to nullify the threat.

Wealdstone’s pressure continued and eventually paid off, 36 minutes in, when Obiero squared into the path of
Sean Adarkwa, who finished calmly to put his side ahead and score his first goal of pre-season.

The visitors rallied to instantly hit back, getting the ball into the box for a clever outstretched leg of a QPR forward
to poke into the back of the net and level the score.

With the game now in full flow, Cox’s side looked to instantly regain their lead. Enzio Boldewijn, who was causing
problems down the right-flank, drove inside onto his left-foot and curled an effort off the post.

It wouldn’t take long for the Stones to lead once more, an incisive pass from Baptiste found the run of Kretzschmar,
who drove into the area and squared into the path of Adarkwa, who finished calmly once more to score his second of
the game.

Sak Hassan, who came on at the break, instantly got in on the action, driving down the left and squaring into the box,
where a scramble saw Adarkwa manage to squeeze a shot away, which the R’s keeper could only parry into the side
netting as the Stones striker sealed his hattrick.

On a day where everything he touched turned to gold, Adarkwa hadn’t finished his rout just yet. A loose back-pass set
the striker through on goal once more, 55 minutes in. A calm finish into the bottom corner had Adarkwa four goals up on
the day.

With the Stones smelling blood and visitors looking leggy, a flurry of trialists came on for Sam Cox. A scramble in the area
fell perfectly into the path of Trialist E to tap home and make it five.

Once more, the Stones looked to race down the flanks and square into the area to cause havoc. Another whipped ball fell
perfectly to Trialist F, who finished into the corner.

Despite looking out for the count, QPR were able to rally once more, in the 83rd minute, racing through into the Stones
area and smashing into the back of the net for a late consolation goal.'

Attendance: 615

[Steve Russell]

Whilst I was at the Fans Forum, Simon supplied the Indy's match report...
Thanks mate..

https://www.indyrs.co.uk/2025/08/wealds ... t-squad-2/