League

Ledbury
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Sid Legg's late challenge caught a Ledbury's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sid Legg helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, Ballymoney Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sid Legg to maneuver through the defense. 7 minutes into the match, Ledbury's goal looked a bit too open when Keith Abbotts came free, but Paul Wardle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ledbury's Paul Wardle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rich Pennant in the 8th minute of play. In the 10th minute of the match Stephen Stubbs sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Paul Wardle skillfully saved the ball. In the 11th minute, Sid Legg ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paul Wardle was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When Caleb Bell came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Ballymoney Athletic 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 Caleb Bell couldn't finish the play. Ledbury's Paul Wardle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Keith Abbotts in the 16th minute of play. Ledbury's Paul Wardle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caleb Bell in the 17th minute of play. Paul Wardle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rich Pennant, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute Keith Abbotts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Wardle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute Rich Pennant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Wardle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rich Pennant in the 24th minute of play forced Ledbury's goalkeeper Paul Wardle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th match minute, Ledbury was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivor Hall to maneuver through the defense. Paul Wardle made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rich Pennant in the 31st minute of play. In the 36th minute Keith Abbotts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Wardle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Ledbury's goal looked a bit too open when Caleb Bell came free, but Paul Wardle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paul Wardle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rich Pennant, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute Sid Legg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Wardle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rich Pennant sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rich Pennant to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rich Pennant in the 52nd minute of play forced Ledbury's goalkeeper Paul Wardle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Ledbury's goal looked a bit too open when Caleb Bell came free, but Paul Wardle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frankie Cardwell came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Ledbury's Patrick Venables. But to his dismay, Patrick Venables quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ivor Hall during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 64th minute, Ivor Hall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sid Legg was extremely unlucky when he, in the 68th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 69th minute Vance Pennant shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frankie Cardwell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, Rich Pennant hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ledbury's Paul Wardle proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Ledbury from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Connor Ashton in the 79th minute of play forced Ledbury's goalkeeper Paul Wardle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Jamal Atkinson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 88 played minutes Ballymoney Athletic got a freekick which was hit by Sid Legg. Ledbury's Vance Pennant got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paul Wardle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rich Pennant, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Ledbury's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Sid Legg scored to the left of an out of position Paul Wardle, making the score, 2-3. Jamal Atkinson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Frankie Cardwell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.