Challenge

Scotland Arena
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zac O'Donnell kicked off to start the match. Fawards were furious when Jonathon Carragher was red carded, 4 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Fawards's Jonathon Carragher got a free kick in the 4th minute. Jermaine Ellerby received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Alexander Higgins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zack Chegwyn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 11th minute, Kian MacGregor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Fawards's Dominic Allwright got a free kick in the 16th minute. With a little luck, Fawards's Tom Hughes got control of the ball when Robert McNeill tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Scotland getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Kian MacGregor hit a great ball. Dominic Allwright didn't quite understand what happened when in the 24 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robert McNeill got free with Tom Hughes in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 29th play minute Fletcher Main came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tom Hughes. 1-1. Robert McNeill could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Tom Hughes made a huge save. Jermaine Ellerby sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ashton Nelson hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Robert McNeill received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tom Hughes came out and tried to block the shot, but Robert McNeill slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 45th minute. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jermaine Ellerby to make the kick off. After 55 minutes, Sammy Westerby mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fawards and the Scotland players grew even worse after the yellow card. Sammy Westerby hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Zac O'Donnell recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dominic Allwright made a great header on Fawards's corner, it was just that Scotland's Alexander Higgins managed to reach the ball for a save. A collision led to Scotland getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Ayaan McGowan hit a great ball. Toby Flynn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toby Flynn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Higgins having to interfere. 71 minutes into the match, Fawards's goal looked a bit too open when Zac O'Donnell came free, but Tom Hughes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Toby Flynn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fawards fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Jermaine Ellerby fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexander Higgins having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Scotland's goalkeeper Alexander Higgins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zack Chegwyn. After having played for 82 minutes, Toby Flynn managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fawards's supporters crossed their fingers, but Toby Flynn was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Toby Flynn during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 84 played minutes Fawards got a freekick which was hit by Toby Flynn. If Jermaine Ellerby had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Scotland's Ashton Nelson got a free kick in the 95th minute.