League Play-Off

The Maelstrom
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alisdair Aitcheson kicked off to start the match. Jamie McIlvrae received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Wally McKichan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wally McKichan made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Lee Hutchison sent off a good shot on target. Lee Hutchison received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Wally McKichan came out and tried to block the shot, but Lee Hutchison slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. In the 13th minute, Leviathans's Ronaldo Ronaldo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. If Ronaldo Ronaldo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the game, Peebles's Alisdair Aitcheson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tobiasz Kempka made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 23rd minute, Roddie McAldonich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wally McKichan made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Lee Hutchison sent off a good shot on target. Leviathans's Ronaldo Ronaldo got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Wally McKichan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jamie McIlvrae in the 44th minute. Timmy McLean hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Lee Hutchison came free with the goalkeeper in the 47th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Wally McKichan could save by the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lee Hutchison was the one to do the kick off. Ivan Brebner charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ivan Brebner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 53rd minute, Adam Lees hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peebles's Wally McKichan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Ronaldo in the 57th minute of play. After 59 played minutes Leviathans got a freekick which was hit by Jamie Baxter. 65 minutes into the match, Leviathans's goal looked a bit too open when Roddie McAldonich came free, but Tobiasz Kempka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Ronaldo Ronaldo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wally McKichan. Peebles's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ronaldo Ronaldo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After a rather tough play, Peebles's Irvin Fairbairn got a free kick in the 72nd minute. When Irvin Fairbairn fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Peebles's protests and gave Irvin Fairbairn a yellow card for diving instead. Irvin Fairbairn hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 81st minute, Ronaldo Ronaldo 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. Leviathans were furious when Hugo Lertxun was red carded, 83 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 82 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Leviathans! Wally McKichan didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Leviathans's Lee Hutchison shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 97th minute, Alisdair Aitcheson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Leviathans fully deserved thier win.