League Play-Off

The Junkyard
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ed Delamore got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Junkyard Dogs's Danny Moretti got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 6 played minutes, Celery's Sergi Ramos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ernesto Candeloro came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Celery reached it. After a defensive mix-up in Junkyard Dogs's zone, Tristan Lane stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ernesto Candeloro came out of the goal and Tristan Lane tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Celery's Ed Delamore got a free kick in the 9th minute. Pelle Bammerman kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes Junkyard Dogs got a freekick which was hit by Danny Moretti. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergi Ramos in the 14th minute of play forced Junkyard Dogs's goalkeeper Ernesto Candeloro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18thth minute of the game Ivan Hopgood who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Junkyard Dogs's Ernesto Candeloro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Ivan Hopgood managed to get in a good position for a shot. Celery's supporters rose to their feet, but Ivan Hopgood was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ernesto Candeloro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shawn East made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eusebio Barroso. Pelle Bammerman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Celery's Jeff Townson got a free kick in the 26th minute. Ozzy Falkingham in the 29thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ellison Emmenegger, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ivan Hopgood sped through Junkyard Dogs's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ernesto Candeloro. In the 33rd minute Ed Delamore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Candeloro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Sergi Ramos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Junkyard Dogs's Ernesto Candeloro did a great save. If Pelle Bammerman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Celery's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Conal Downton was slow to take the kick. During this time Junkyard Dogs's players had a chance to rest. If Ozzy Falkingham had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Victor Toulalan kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Ed Delamore's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ernesto Candeloro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. The supporters of Junkyard Dogs booed when Celery was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tristan Lane didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Celery's Jeff Townson got a free kick in the 58th minute. 61 minutes into the match, Ivan Hopgood notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Junkyard Dogs's Ernesto Candeloro. Ernesto Candeloro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 63 minutes into the match, Celery's Eusebio Barroso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ernesto Candeloro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 66 minutes into the match, Junkyard Dogs's Ozzy Falkingham sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ellison Emmenegger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Celery's zone, Ozzy Falkingham stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ellison Emmenegger came out of the goal and Ozzy Falkingham tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eusebio Barroso got free with Ernesto Candeloro in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Conal Downton during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 75 played minutes Junkyard Dogs got a freekick which was hit by Conal Downton. After 77 played minutes Celery got a freekick which was hit by Dale Hoskins. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Ozzy Falkingham managed to get in a good position for a shot. Junkyard Dogs's supporters rose to their feet, but Ozzy Falkingham was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ellison Emmenegger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Celery's Ellison Emmenegger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ozzy Falkingham in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute Tristan Lane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Candeloro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tristan Lane in the 87th minute of play forced Junkyard Dogs's goalkeeper Ernesto Candeloro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tristan Lane took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ernesto Candeloro. Ernesto Candeloro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4.