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Stamford Bridge.
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tod Drury took the kick off in the first half of the match. Howard Bradfield charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Howard Bradfield the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Bristol Black Horse booed when HeadHunters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Howard Bradfield didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, HeadHunters's Sammy Thomas got a free kick in the 4th minute. HeadHunters's Ed Shakespeare got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mitch Lowe kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Daniel Blythe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Naisbitt having to interfere. Tod Drury fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Naisbitt having to interfere. Vance McGovern received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Darryl Naisbitt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Darryl Naisbitt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Blythe, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Bristol Black Horse's Vance McGovern got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bristol Black Horse's Daniel Blythe got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Ed Shakespeare in the 52nd minute of play forced Bristol Black Horse's goalkeeper Peter Ingram to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 52 minutes of play, HeadHunters's Barrie Billing made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Peter Ingram was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tod Drury fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Naisbitt having to interfere. Darryl Naisbitt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Blythe, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After 60 played minutes, HeadHunters's Howard Bradfield shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Peter Ingram came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in HeadHunters reached it. Peter Ingram showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ed Shakespeare, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 67th match minute, Bristol Black Horse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vance McGovern to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute Ed Shakespeare shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Ingram saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darryl Naisbitt made an important save on a dangerous shot by Deon Smith in the 71st minute. If Daniel Blythe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Tod Drury had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Peter Ingram took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barrie Billing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of HeadHunters booed when Bristol Black Horse was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vance McGovern didn't get a good kick on the ball. 83 minutes into the game, Ed Shakespeare cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Peter Ingram was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Glenn Sutherland hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, Tod Drury 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 92 minutes of play, Bristol Black Horse's Vance McGovern made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darryl Naisbitt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Daniel Blythe struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Darryl Naisbitt didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Bristol Black Horse. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. HeadHunters were victorious despite being under pressure from Bristol Black Horse for much of the match.