Wealdstone beat York City 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in a second half that bore little resemblance to what had come before it.
The game was level and relatively contained when Enzio Boldewijn opened the scoring on 26 minutes, finishing to give the hosts an advantage they carried into the break. York had done enough in the first half to suggest they could find a way back into it.
They never did. Within eight minutes of the restart, Wealdstone effectively ended the contest. Connor McAvoy scored on 52 minutes and Boldewijn added his second four minutes later, making it 3-0 before York could reorganise. The visitors had no answer to the pace and directness Wealdstone brought in those early exchanges after half-time.
The final half hour became a procession of substitutions as both benches emptied. Daniel Batty and Joe Grey came on for York at 66 minutes, followed by a string of further changes on both sides through the seventies and eighties. None of it altered the outcome.
York grew ragged as the game wore on. Sakariya Hassan, Michael Adu-Poku, and Ryan Fallowfield all came on without making a visible impression. Batty picked up a second booking at 90 minutes and ended the afternoon in the dressing room early.
Wealdstone were comfortable, organised, and took their moments when they arrived. York were not at the required level and the scoreline reflected that plainly.
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