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Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Simon Beswetherick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Syd Corbridge, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Ivan Wallbank could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Simon Beswetherick made a huge save. Liam Curtis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Simon Beswetherick made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Russell Marriot managed to get in a good position for a shot. Birmingham City's supporters rose to their feet, but Russell Marriot was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Junior Chiverton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Simon Beswetherick didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ivan Wallbank went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Ivan Wallbank took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Simon Beswetherick to make any attempt to save it. A collision led to Birmingham City getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nath Baldwin hit a great ball. FYR of Slough's Allan Gough got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Simon Beswetherick was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ivan Wallbank showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 35 minute of play. Ivan Wallbank sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sly Neville sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sly Neville might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Simon Beswetherick. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sly Neville ran back to his position shaking his head. Ivan Wallbank's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Simon Beswetherick firmly grabbed it by the left post. Liam Curtis scored 4-0 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Simon Beswetherick, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martyn Jones stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ivan Wallbank hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. 56 minutes into the match, Sly Neville notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Birmingham City's Simon Beswetherick. Simon Beswetherick was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Birmingham City's Neil Bowland got a free kick in the 59th minute. Birmingham City's Simon Beswetherick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sly Neville in the 61st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sly Neville in the 64th minute of play forced Birmingham City's goalkeeper Simon Beswetherick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sly Neville in the 69th minute of play forced Birmingham City's goalkeeper Simon Beswetherick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Russell Marriot could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Junior Chiverton made a huge save. Simon Beswetherick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sly Neville, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the game, Howard Penn was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Birmingham City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FYR of Slough the free kick. In the 78th match minute, Birmingham City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Howard Penn to maneuver through the defense. Birmingham City's Simon Beswetherick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sly Neville in the 81st minute of play. Howard Penn kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FYR of Slough's zone, Russell Marriot stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Junior Chiverton came out of the goal and Russell Marriot tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 92nd minute Ivan Wallbank shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Beswetherick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Jeremy Summers hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 94 minutes, Sly Neville managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FYR of Slough's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sly Neville was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FYR of Slough's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.