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Stowmarket
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Steve Parkinson got the match started through his kick off. After having played for 13 minutes, Jon Ainsworth managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lusitania FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jon Ainsworth was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 15 minutes into the match, Devon Fry notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Silan fc's Eric Murphy. Eric Murphy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Eric Murphy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Hjortsberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Eric Murphy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Devon Fry went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Jon Ainsworth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Silan fc's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Hjortsberg came free, but Eric Murphy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 38 minutes of play, Lusitania FC's Devon Fry made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eric Murphy was left in no man's land by his defense there! 43 minutes into the match, Silan fc's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Hjortsberg came free, but Eric Murphy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jon Ainsworth to strike the kick off in the second half. Eric Murphy came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Lusitania FC's Samuel Hjortsberg. But to his dismay, Samuel Hjortsberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jon Ainsworth in the 62nd minute of play forced Silan fc's goalkeeper Eric Murphy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Devon Fry in the 64th minute of play forced Silan fc's goalkeeper Eric Murphy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Devon Fry made a precise shot to the right of Eric Murphy. Silan fc's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. When Peter Haper fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lusitania FC's protests and gave Peter Haper a yellow card for diving instead. Peter Haper kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Dan Rusby made in the 75th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Silan fc's Victor Goodwick. Eric Murphy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Devon Fry, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute, Jon Ainsworth reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eric Murphy. The goal made the score 0-11. In the 87th minute, Samuel Hjortsberg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eric Murphy was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. Silan fc's Eric Murphy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Silan fc from getting a goal against them. After having played for 94 minutes, Samuel Hjortsberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lusitania FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Samuel Hjortsberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lusitania FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.