By DAVID RICHARDSON

MAIDENHEAD UTD 0
PORTSMOUTH 4
Thompson 43, Hawkins 55, Lowe 60, Wheeler 83
MAIDENHEAD: 4-5-1: Pentney 7; Clerima 6 Kilgour 6, Massey 6, Steer 6; Odametey 6, Upward 6 (Akintunde 56, 5), Obileye 6, Comley 6 (Owusu 54, 5), Clifton 6 (Bird 67, 5) Kelly 6. Subs not used: Hamann, Alves, Worsfold, Mulley.
PORTSMOUTH: 4-2-3-1: MacGillivray 7; N Thompson 7 (Burgess 86), Whatmough 7, Clarke 7, Brown 7; Naylor 7, B Thompson 8; Lowe 8 (Pitman 63, 6), Evans 7 (Wheeler 63, 6), Curtis 7; Hawkins 8. Subs not used: McGee, Haunstrup, Close, Dennis.
NLP’S VERDICT
This was always g...