League

The Tecton
Spectators: 7276 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1600, VIP seats: 25) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Frazer Dibb made the kick off which started today's match. Adhesive Alligators's Malcolm Oliver got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 5 minutes, Malcolm Oliver managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Adhesive Alligators's supporters crossed their fingers, but Malcolm Oliver was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Christian Litchfield came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by Adhesive Alligators's Shane Ball. But to his dismay, Shane Ball quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Shane Ball received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Christian Litchfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adhesive Alligators's attack was well implemented in the 16th minute, but when Martin Llewellyn was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. When Adhesive Alligators's Shane Ball in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dudley Divers's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Adhesive Alligators defense, Miles Wendon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of John-Paul Mallon. The Adhesive Alligators fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that John-Paul Mallon should have stopped the shot. When Shane Ball fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Adhesive Alligators's protests and gave Shane Ball a yellow card for diving instead. Shane Ball hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. If Shane Ball had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Shane Ball's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Litchfield was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Bart McRobbie hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Christian Litchfield didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Malcolm Oliver went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. When Adhesive Alligators's Shane Ball in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Dudley Divers's goalie prevented a goal. In the 38th minute, Drew Bull hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Malcolm Oliver fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christian Litchfield having to interfere. Christian Litchfield didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Shane Ball went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. When Malcolm Oliver fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Adhesive Alligators's protests and gave Malcolm Oliver a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Adhesive Alligators's Malcolm Oliver got a free kick in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Shane Ball made a kick off. Shane Ball might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christian Litchfield. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Shane Ball ran back to his position shaking his head. Christian Litchfield stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shane Ball's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. When Stewart Tolley fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dudley Divers's protests and gave Stewart Tolley a yellow card for diving instead. Stewart Tolley hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute Frazer Dibb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John-Paul Mallon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dudley Divers's Ricky Mason pulled a muscle in his leg after 59 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Llewellyn during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Martin Llewellyn kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Shane Ball had several of the Dudley Divers's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 64 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-4 score and a disappointed Christian Litchfield as he didn't even see the shot coming. Shane Ball received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Christian Litchfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Malcolm Oliver blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christian Litchfield having to make a save. Christian Litchfield made an important save on a dangerous shot by Malcolm Oliver in the 73rd minute. When Nigel Shephard came up free with the goalie in the 75th minute, the Adhesive Alligators 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 Nigel Shephard couldn't finish the play. Christian Litchfield stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shane Ball's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Malcolm Oliver received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Christian Litchfield tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Adhesive Alligators's Shane Ball ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Christian Litchfield. Christian Litchfield yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. A collision led to Dudley Divers getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Stewart Tolley hit a great ball. Malcolm Oliver could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Christian Litchfield made a huge save. John-Paul Mallon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miles Wendon in the 93rd minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, Dudley Divers's goal looked a bit too open when Shane Ball came free, but Christian Litchfield reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.