League

Westhoughton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jeffrey Wheeler made the kick off which started today's match. Vern Cryer's late challenge caught a Team Biolka FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vern Cryer helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Little Harrowden FC getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Vern Cryer hit a great ball. After having played for 4 minutes, Jeffrey Wheeler managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Team Biolka FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jeffrey Wheeler was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathon Corby showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominic Summers in the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Team Biolka FC's Jeffrey Wheeler got a free kick in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danny Fleming in the 13th minute of play forced Team Biolka FC's goalkeeper Jonathon Corby to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Little Harrowden FC were awarded a corner. Alfred Woodhead went to the cornerflag to take it. Team Biolka FC's Jonathon Corby played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ash Major in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Little Harrowden FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Fleming to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute Dominic Summers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathon Corby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Team Biolka FC's Gez Nash slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Warren Cummings. That made the score 1-0 after 25 minutes of play. After a rather tough play, Little Harrowden FC's Danny Fleming got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 35th match minute, Little Harrowden FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Lambourne to maneuver through the defense. Warren Cummings made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Gez Nash sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jeffrey Wheeler in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Warren Cummings saved Little Harrowden FC from getting behind. Warren Cummings showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlton Millman in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Carlton Millman 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jeffrey Wheeler in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Warren Cummings prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 45 minutes into the game, Todd Etherington was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Team Biolka FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Little Harrowden FC the free kick. 45 minutes into the game, one of Team Biolka FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Little Harrowden FC a penalty, 47 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Alfred Woodhead, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Team Biolka FC's Jonathon Corby. 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Dominic Summers made the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Little Harrowden FC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. John Lambourne hit a great ball. After having played for 59 minutes, Gez Nash managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Team Biolka FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gez Nash was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 60th match minute, Little Harrowden FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Fleming to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute, Jeffrey Wheeler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Warren Cummings was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ash Major got free with Jonathon Corby in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Darius Faith during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Darius Faith hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Team Biolka FC's Jonathon Corby got control of the ball when Ash Major tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Team Biolka FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Carlton Millman hit a great ball. Jonathon Corby was a little too slow when Dominic Summers got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 72nd minute. The score was now 2-2. The supporters of Team Biolka FC booed when Little Harrowden FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Walter Barone didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute, Gez Nash left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Team Biolka FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeffrey Wheeler in the 83rd minute of play forced Little Harrowden FC's goalkeeper Warren Cummings to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Team Biolka FC booed when Little Harrowden FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vern Cryer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jeffrey Wheeler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Warren Cummings having to interfere. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Little Harrowden FC's goalkeeper Warren Cummings, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Jeffrey Wheeler had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Warren Cummings. Little Harrowden FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jeffrey Wheeler was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. When the referee ended the match the Team Biolka FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.