League

Hiltingbury
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Howard Billington made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Howard Billington's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chaz Wedlock was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Tommy Bishop didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 9th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. Tommy Bishop made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antony Bzeu in the 13th minute. Jeff Selby charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jeff Selby the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Antony Bzeu's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tommy Bishop read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 23rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Howard Billington during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th match minute, Score Strikers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Howard Billington to maneuver through the defense. In the 26thth minute of the game Nath Little who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Score Strikers's Tommy Bishop was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Iain Bambrook came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Score Strikers 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 Iain Bambrook couldn't finish the play. Chaz Wedlock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iain Bambrook, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 34 minutes into the game, Iain Bambrook cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Chaz Wedlock was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Nath Little came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Hiltingbury AFC 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 Nath Little couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 41 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Nath Little sped through Score Strikers's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tommy Bishop. In the 47th minute Howard Billington shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chaz Wedlock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Chaz Wedlock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Howard Billington in the 52nd minute of play. If Nath Little had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 73rd minute Nath Little shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Bishop saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Score Strikers's goal looked a bit too open when Antony Bzeu came free, but Tommy Bishop reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute, Ty Millman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nath Little recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tommy Bishop showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antony Bzeu in the 84th minute of the match. When Howard Billington came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Score Strikers 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 Howard Billington couldn't finish the play. Iain Bambrook received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Chaz Wedlock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Kristian Senior mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hiltingbury AFC and the Score Strikers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 95 played minutes Hiltingbury AFC got a freekick which was hit by Kristian Senior. After recieving a nice pass, Score Strikers's Thomas Toovey tried to score from far away in the 96th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Score Strikers's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Hiltingbury AFC had won, even though Score Strikers had held more of the ball.