League

Codicote Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Grzegorz Bonin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Joey Reading got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Superbad's Grzegorz Bonin got a free kick in the 6th minute. Connor Coombe's late challenge caught a Superbad's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Connor Coombe helped the player get up and apologised. 12 minutes into the match, Zyerpaus's goal looked a bit too open when Glyn Bridgeworth came free, but Jay Harris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 13 played minutes Zyerpaus got a freekick which was hit by Albert Swift. After 17 minutes, Albert Swift mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zyerpaus and the Superbad players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Zyerpaus getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Albert Swift hit a great ball. Grzegorz Bonin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anthony Cawood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joey Reading in the 20th minute of play. After 24 played minutes Zyerpaus got a freekick which was hit by Albert Swift. The supporters of Zyerpaus booed when Superbad was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kevin Stewart didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anthony Cawood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damon Gulliver in the 32nd minute of play. Superbad's Anthony Cawood proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Superbad from getting a goal against them. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After 56 minutes, Grzegorz Bonin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Superbad and the Zyerpaus players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Superbad getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Grzegorz Bonin hit a great ball. Anthony Cawood showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blair Speight in the 57th minute of the match. In the 65th minute of the match Kev Francis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anthony Cawood showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Blair Speight had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anthony Cawood. Superbad's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Blair Speight was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Shane Hardy during the 73rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. It was beautiful to see Zyerpaus's Connor Coombe in action when he in the 75th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! When Camron Hird fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zyerpaus's protests and gave Camron Hird a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Zyerpaus's Camron Hird got a free kick in the 85th minute. 90 minutes into the game, Grzegorz Bonin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jay Harris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zyerpaus were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.