An early raid on 3 minutes from Parkway down the left saw a cross from Jack Endacott cut out for a corner which came to nothing. On 5 minutes, Marlow’s Eli Oladunjoye displayed his long throw skills setting up an opportunity for Sebastian D’Aversa who could only stab the ball wide of the right-hand post.

Parkway came very close on 9 minutes when good work on the right from Mikey Williams provided a cross for Frankie Monk, only to see his effort cleared off the line by Momodou Jallow. Nevertheless, only seconds later, the home team forced a corner from Carlo Garside which was met by the head of Captain Shane White who put Parkway 1-0 ahead in this must-win basement battle.

Endacott was causing problems down the left side for the visitors in the early stages. But on 14 minutes, it was Monk who provided a cross from the left for James Watts-Barciela who powered a header towards goal from 8 yards and despite a great effort from visiting keeper Finn Rushton to keep it out getting a strong hand to it, it was 2-0 for Parkway.

On 16 minutes, Barciela, buoyed by his goal, the second in consecutive games, chased what seemed a lost cause but cleverly dispossessed the full back of possession and sent over a telling cross which was cut out. Another Barciela cross from the right on 19 minutes saw Edworthy unable to direct his header on goal when under pressure. Immediately Marlow broke away and a sharp intervention was needed from Taylor Scarff to end the danger.

On 21 minutes, a good run down the left from his own half by Callum Hall resulted in a cross for Edworthy who could only slot the ball wide of the near post, again under pressure.

Against a keen but poor Marlow side, Parkway were well in control and on 26 following a throw on the left, Endacott provided a tantalising delivery which Edworthy couldn’t quite get on the end of. A rare attack from the visitors soon after was ended by Mikey Williams cutting out a dangerous cross from Joshua Smith.

On 31 minutes, visiting Harry Hoath was yellow carded for a heavy tackle. Within seconds, Carlo and Rio Garside combined but the resultant header was comfortably saved by Rushton.

On 33 minutes, Marlow had their first real opportunity of the match when a cross from Rhys Harper found Harvey Maudner well placed 10 yards out, but he blazed the ball over the bar. A let-off for Parkway. A dangerous attack down the right saw another cross from Josh Smith cut out by Mikey Williams who was having a fine first half.

Marlow were enjoying their first period of pressure and on 38 minutes, Jose Sani broke down the left and into the left-hand side of the penalty area but his left-footed shot was weak and easily gathered by Harry Lee. On 40 minutes a great run down the left by Rhys Harper saw his cross find Maudner but the delivery was too heavy for a proper connection to be made.

Normal service was soon resumed though and on 43 minutes, Mikey Williams had a 25-yard curling effort easily saved by Rushton. There were no further incidents in the 2 added minutes.

A good first-half performance against a Marlow side looking out of their depth at this level. Taylor Scarff, the only player not to miss a match this season, was having another excellent game marshalling the defence when needed, keeper Harry Lee was commanding his area, but there was a feeling that Parkway had more goals in them today.