League

Lucca Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Walthamstow City's Hugh Phippard 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. In the 2nd match minute, F.C LuccaUK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ben Crosby to maneuver through the defense. Ben Crosby could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Dale Folan made a huge save. In the 19th minute, Keiran Pitman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lewis Nicholson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugh Phippard, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After a rather tough play, Walthamstow City's Basil Clifton got a free kick in the 27th minute. Lennie Buchanan kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Hugh Phippard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Lewis Nicholson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 36 minutes into the game, Walthamstow City's Hugh Phippard nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lewis Nicholson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Lewis Nicholson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iain Milton, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. When Matthew Charie fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored F.C LuccaUK's protests and gave Matthew Charie a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Iain Milton managed to get in a good position for a shot. Walthamstow City's supporters rose to their feet, but Iain Milton was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lewis Nicholson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Damian Way to strike the kick off in the second half. Lewis Nicholson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugh Phippard in the 54th minute of play. Lewis Nicholson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugh Phippard in the 55th minute of play. If Hugh Phippard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Iain Milton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Lewis Nicholson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Hugh Phippard 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugh Phippard in the 63rd minute of play forced F.C LuccaUK's goalkeeper Lewis Nicholson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, F.C LuccaUK's goal looked a bit too open when Hugh Phippard came free, but Lewis Nicholson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 played minutes F.C LuccaUK got a freekick which was hit by Matthew Charie. In a very dangerous position, a player in F.C LuccaUK fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 70th minute. Penalty! F.C LuccaUK:s Lewis Nicholson showed great skill when he stopped Louie Basterfield:s penalty. Iain Milton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Lewis Nicholson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iain Milton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Lewis Nicholson made a huge save. Iain Milton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Lewis Nicholson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lewis Nicholson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugh Phippard, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Lewis Nicholson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugh Phippard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damian Way kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Iain Milton scored 1-2 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lewis Nicholson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for F.C LuccaUK! Louie Basterfield placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! When Fred Smith fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Walthamstow City's protests and gave Fred Smith a yellow card for diving instead. Fred Smith kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Iain Milton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lewis Nicholson having to interfere. Walthamstow City's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.