League

Southall Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jeff Selby made the kick off and thus started the match. Eric Davis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wally Avery having to interfere. Rueben Bzeu hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. 8 minutes into the match, Cowplain's goalkeeper Rodd Shotton had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Donald Dobbs. After a rather tough play, Bury St Eds's Jeff Selby got a free kick in the 9th minute. After a rather tough play, Bury St Eds's Samuel Theobald got a free kick in the 13th minute. If Jo Burgess had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hugh La Forte during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 18th minute, Hugh La Forte hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eric Davis in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wally Avery saved Bury St Eds from getting behind. In the 23rd minute, Eric Davis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cowplain fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When Jo Burgess came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Cowplain 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 Jo Burgess couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 32 minutes, Jeff Selby put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rodd Shotton. Wally Avery took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jo Burgess, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Jo Burgess had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wally Avery showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eric Davis in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Benji Devaney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Bury St Eds's Benji Daly tried to score from far away in the 46th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After 52 minutes, Graham Fleetham mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cowplain and the Bury St Eds players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 55thth minute of the game Donald Dobbs who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cowplain's Rodd Shotton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Donald Dobbs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodd Shotton having to interfere. After 64 played minutes Bury St Eds got a freekick which was hit by Donald Dobbs. After some careless play in the Bury St Eds defense, Jo Burgess kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wally Avery. The Bury St Eds fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wally Avery should have stopped the shot. In the 69th minute, Jeff Selby made a precise shot to the right of Rodd Shotton. Cowplain's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Cowplain's Rodd Shotton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeff Selby in the 78th minute of play. In the 82ndth minute of the game Jeff Selby who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cowplain's Rodd Shotton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Donald Dobbs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodd Shotton having to interfere. Cowplain's Rodd Shotton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeff Selby in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Graham Fleetham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cowplain's Rodd Shotton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeff Selby in the 88th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Eric Davis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wally Avery. Bury St Eds's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Eric Davis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Rodd Shotton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rueben Bzeu in the 96th minute of the match.