League

Wivenhoe Stadium
Spectators: 6730 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) Nigel Clayton started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zack Jobling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan England in the 5th minute of the match. Zack Jobling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seth Smith in the 12th minute of the match. If Nigel Clayton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Seth Smith received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Zack Jobling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute Nigel Clayton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glenn Hedges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Keith Winfield got free with Glenn Hedges in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Seth Smith fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zack Jobling having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Seth Smith made a kick off. After 70 played minutes Barnstaple got a freekick which was hit by Miles Shilton. In the 73rd match minute, Wivenhoe AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrew Hackney to maneuver through the defense. Nigel Clayton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Seth Smith received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Zack Jobling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Wivenhoe AFC's Dylan Gates got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Barnstaple's attack was well implemented in the 85th minute, but when Seth Smith was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Ivan England received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Zack Jobling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Barnstaple's Marc Scholey got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.