League

Clayton-le-Moors Par
Spectators: 7567 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 150) Karpaty Krosno's Russell Haxby 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. Oscar Waple received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Adam Byfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 6 minutes into the game, one of Karpaty Krosno:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dale York scored 1-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adam Byfield, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Russell Haxby sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dale York fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adam Byfield having to interfere. Oscar Waple received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Adam Byfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adam Byfield didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Karpaty Krosno's Russell Haxby shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. If Oscar Waple had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dale York fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adam Byfield having to interfere. Oscar Waple sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adam Byfield showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Russell Haxby, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Oscar Waple received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Adam Byfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Russell Haxby in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Adam Byfield saved London Greens from getting behind. Dale York received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Adam Byfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adam Byfield made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Russell Haxby in the 42nd minute of play. A collision led to London Greens getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Sebastien Story-Moore hit a great ball. Dale York took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Adam Byfield. London Greens's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Sean Woodford sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 47 minutes into the match, London Greens's goal looked a bit too open when Russell Haxby came free, but Adam Byfield reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Bruce Hampshire made the kick off in the second half. Dale York sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 61 minutes into the game, Russell Haxby lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Adam Byfield. Karpaty Krosno's Oscar Waple got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to London Greens getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Bruce Hampshire hit a great ball. After having played for 75 minutes, Oscar Waple managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Karpaty Krosno's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oscar Waple was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adam Byfield didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Russell Haxby went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. An unexpected shot in the 84th minute by Dale York got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 86th minute, Oscar Waple 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. Adam Byfield showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dale York in the 90th minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Russell Haxby 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. When Russell Haxby came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Karpaty Krosno 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 Russell Haxby couldn't finish the play. When the match was over Karpaty Krosno could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than London Greens throughout the match.