League

Pelsall Stadium
Spectators: 6096 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) Walthamstow's Tris Gerrard 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. A collision led to Walthamstow getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Russ Beckett hit a great ball. FC Pelsall's Axel Åkesson got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Axel Åkesson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Huey Barton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Russ Beckett's late challenge caught a FC Pelsall's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Russ Beckett helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of FC Pelsall booed when Walthamstow was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Russ Beckett didn't get a good kick on the ball. Huey Barton didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Axel Åkesson went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. FC Pelsall's Ted Winstanley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liam Barat in the 14th minute of play. Ted Winstanley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tris Gerrard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Åkesson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Huey Barton having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Åkesson in the 24th minute of play forced Walthamstow's goalkeeper Huey Barton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Huey Barton was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Behiç Uzcan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 28 minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Walthamstow's goalkeeper Huey Barton had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Behiç Uzcan. The crowd rose to their feet as Behiç Uzcan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Huey Barton. That made the score 4-0 in the 31 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Walthamstow's zone, Axel Åkesson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Huey Barton came out of the goal and Axel Åkesson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 41st minute, Behiç Uzcan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Pelsall fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Axel Åkesson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Huey Barton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ted Winstanley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liam Barat in the 48th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Axel Åkesson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Walthamstow's zone, Axel Åkesson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Huey Barton came out of the goal and Axel Åkesson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Behiç Uzcan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Huey Barton was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. FC Pelsall's Nathan Crowther was substituted for Keith Willetts. Alec Hancock hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. FC Pelsall's Bobby Benbow was substituted for Bill Marston. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Axel Åkesson put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Huey Barton. Huey Barton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behiç Uzcan in the 70th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Axel Åkesson notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Walthamstow's Huey Barton. Huey Barton was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ted Winstanley made an important save on a dangerous shot by Liam Barat in the 76th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Walthamstow's Liam Barat slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ted Winstanley. That made the score 7-1 after 76 minutes of play. Tris Ashton hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute Tris Gerrard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ted Winstanley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Pelsall's Ted Winstanley proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save FC Pelsall from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Walthamstow's Russ Beckett got a free kick in the 86th minute. When Russ Beckett was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 92 minutes had been played. In the 92nd minute, Russ Beckett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute, Russ Beckett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Pelsall were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Walthamstow for a fine match.