League

Leigh Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bickford Gwin started the match with the kick off. Byrock's Nash Mealmaker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Byrock from getting a goal against them. Nash Mealmaker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bickford Gwin, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. If Marcus Lewry had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cornelius Pywell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Payton Pegler in the 29th minute of play. After having played for 31 minutes, Kelvin Coote managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Leigh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kelvin Coote was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cornelius Pywell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcus Lewry in the 38th minute of the match. Marcus Lewry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cornelius Pywell having to interfere. Cornelius Pywell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Payton Pegler, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. With a little luck, Byrock's Nash Mealmaker got control of the ball when Kelvin Coote tried to sneak it across the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Marcus Lewry had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cornelius Pywell. Leigh's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Lewry was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcus Lewry stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kelvin Coote fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nash Mealmaker having to interfere. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind Byrock's goalkeeper Nash Mealmaker, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 61st match minute, Byrock was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stewart Maciver to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Kelvin Coote got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Nathan Wittber kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Bickford Gwin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Burt Rowdon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cornelius Pywell. Leigh's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When Byrock's Marcus Lewry in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Leigh's goalie prevented a goal. When Long Oshea fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Leigh's protests and gave Long Oshea a yellow card for diving instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 84th minute of the game. One of Leigh:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Byrock:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Lewry in the 92nd minute of play forced Leigh's goalkeeper Cornelius Pywell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th match minute, Byrock was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Meyer Bunworth to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Byrock eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.