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Empire Recea Stadium
Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vince Newton kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Reg Lynam had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Middlewood. Empire Club Recea's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reg Lynam was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Leicester's George Downes got a free kick in the 11th minute. Vince Newton 's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Martin Middlewood read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Vince Newton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Martin Middlewood tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reg Lynam in the 24th minute of play forced Empire Club Recea's goalkeeper Martin Middlewood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reg Lynam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute Vince Newton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Middlewood saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reg Lynam in the 35th minute of play forced Empire Club Recea's goalkeeper Martin Middlewood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vince Newton in the 43rd minute of play forced Empire Club Recea's goalkeeper Martin Middlewood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martin Middlewood didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vince Newton went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Philip Bartram to make the kick off. In the 55thth minute of the game Vince Newton who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Empire Club Recea's Martin Middlewood was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vince Newton in the 61st minute of play forced Empire Club Recea's goalkeeper Martin Middlewood to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Vince Newton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Reg Lynam fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Middlewood having to interfere. Andy Robins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philip Bartram, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Ciarán Best received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Andy Robins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciarán Best might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Andy Robins . Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ciarán Best ran back to his position shaking his head. When Philip Bartram fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Empire Club Recea's protests and gave Philip Bartram a yellow card for diving instead. In the 77th minute, Philip Bartram hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Philip Bartram sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 86 minutes into the game, Leicester's Reg Lynam nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Martin Middlewood made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Leicester's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.