League

Beckton
Spectators: 9355 (Terracing: 7018, Seating: 2151, VIP seats: 186) Phillip Dove sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Johnnie Bennett in the 16th minute of play forced Chelmsford's goalkeeper Tod Gale to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chelmsford's Tod Gale proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Chelmsford from getting a goal against them. Clive Bowler in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tod Gale, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 23rd match minute, Chelmsford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joseph Harland to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Chelmsford getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Justin Champion hit a great ball. Tristan Greenfield's late challenge caught a Chelmsford's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tristan Greenfield helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Beckton getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Tristan Greenfield hit a great ball. Stan Leather struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Les Gibbs didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chelmsford. Beckton's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Clive Bowler in the 37th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of Chelmsford:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Beckton:s goal. Clive Bowler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Tod Gale tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Clive Bowler to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Beckton booed when Chelmsford was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lance Pearson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clive Bowler took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 51st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tod Gale. Chelmsford's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Chelmsford's Geoff Sullivan got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Clive Bowler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tod Gale didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Johnnie Bennett went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 72 minutes into the match, Clive Bowler had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tod Gale. Chelmsford's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Clive Bowler was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Beckton's Jo Norton was substituted for Rupert Warburton. Beckton's Wayne Radcliffe was substituted for Johnnie Bennett. Wayne Radcliffe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Tristan Greenfield was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 82 minutes had been played. Wayne Radcliffe took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tod Gale. Tod Gale dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Tod Gale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nigel Hodgson in the 91st minute of the match. When Wayne Radcliffe came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Beckton fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wayne Radcliffe couldn't finish the play. Beckton's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.