League

Littlehampton
Spectators: 9337 (Terracing: 7000, Seating: 2151, VIP seats: 186) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Münir Bozbey took the kick off in the first half of the match. Münir Bozbey in the 8thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rupert Sheene, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stannington's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Necmettin İlker was slow to take the kick. During this time Littlehampton's players had a chance to rest. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Münir Bozbey got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-0. 11 minutes into the match. 17 minutes into the game, Littlehampton's Therkild Braatting nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rupert Sheene made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Rupert Sheene showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Goyeneche, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. If Münir Bozbey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Diego Goyeneche came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Littlehampton 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 Diego Goyeneche couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Littlehampton booed when Stannington was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kristopher Boxall didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rupert Sheene was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Münir Bozbey showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 26 minute of play. Diego Goyeneche blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rupert Sheene having to make a save. From close distance Münir Bozbey pressed in the 4-0 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 34 minutes into the game. Dietrich Walch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rupert Sheene made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Goyeneche in the 45th minute of play. Diego Goyeneche recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 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 4-0.

The wind increased when Laurence Barber made the kick off in the second half. Rupert Sheene made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Münir Bozbey in the 60th minute of play. A collision led to Stannington getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Kristopher Boxall hit a great ball. Littlehampton's Rico Rickfors was substituted for Dietrich Walch. After 65 played minutes Stannington got a freekick which was hit by Kristopher Boxall. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rico Rickfors in the 68th minute of play forced Stannington's goalkeeper Rupert Sheene to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Rico Rickfors had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rupert Sheene. Stannington's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rico Rickfors was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After 72 played minutes Stannington got a freekick which was hit by Steve Lincoln. Rupert Sheene showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Sjögren, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute Münir Bozbey shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rupert Sheene saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laurence Barber charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laurence Barber the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th minute, Laurence Barber hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Münir Bozbey came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Littlehampton 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 Münir Bozbey couldn't finish the play. Thomas Sjögren received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Rupert Sheene tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rupert Sheene showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Münir Bozbey in the 90th minute of the match. Rupert Sheene showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Münir Bozbey, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Stannington's Rupert Sheene played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rico Rickfors in the 94th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Münir Bozbey in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rupert Sheene prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Thomas Sjögren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Littlehampton's supporters rose to their feet, but Thomas Sjögren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rupert Sheene breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 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. Littlehampton fully deserved thier win.