League

Eastfield
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Eastfield's Bob Wildman started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Eastfield's Phillip Bailey dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After 10 minutes of play, New Romney's Charlie Probert made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zak Wooding was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 12 minutes, Travis Godfrey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eastfield and the New Romney players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute, Travis Godfrey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Eastfield's Kevin Mannell got a free kick in the 16th minute. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Bob Wildman sped through New Romney's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Archie Johnson. In the 31st minute Bob Wildman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Archie Johnson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bob Wildman in the 35th minute of play forced New Romney's goalkeeper Archie Johnson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Phillip Bailey notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of New Romney's Archie Johnson. Archie Johnson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Phillip Bailey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jordan Henwood to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Eastfield's goalkeeper Zak Wooding, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Jordan Henwood managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Romney's supporters rose to their feet, but Jordan Henwood was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zak Wooding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Crispin Hodgson managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Romney's supporters rose to their feet, but Crispin Hodgson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Zak Wooding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zak Wooding showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jordan Henwood, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 62nd match minute, Eastfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark East to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Jordan Henwood ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zak Wooding was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Crispin Hodgson hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Eastfield's Bob Wildman got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 80th minute Jordan Henwood shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zak Wooding saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bob Wildman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phillip Bailey in the 86th minute of play forced New Romney's goalkeeper Archie Johnson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 minutes, Kasey Reed mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the New Romney and the Eastfield players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, New Romney's Kasey Reed got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute, Bob Wildman made a precise shot to the right of Archie Johnson. New Romney's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-2. Archie Johnson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Phillip Bailey, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.