League

Middridge Village
Spectators: 7475 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1875, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tadija Šimanić kicked off to start the match. Dinko Pelević showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Spasoje Radosavović, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The supporters of Middridge Village booed when Bulkington was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niko Vučenić didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Nino Maraš fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Middridge Village's protests and gave Nino Maraš a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Middridge Village's Nino Maraš got a free kick in the 7th minute. Špiro Musović, 8 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 10th minute, Vitomir Odavić got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 12 minutes of play, Middridge Village's Dalibor Tadić made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dinko Pelević was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vitomir Odavić let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 16th minute shot 2-0 at rihgt post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadija Šimanić in the 21st minute of play forced Middridge Village's goalkeeper Svetoje Milenković to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bulkington's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Špiro Musović in the 27th minute. Jefto Lazić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Svetoje Milenković tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Niko Vučenić kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Dinko Pelević showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spasoje Radosavović in the 35th minute of the match. With his leg Dinko Pelević managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Middridge Village's Vitomir Odavić fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Luka Đurđević fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dinko Pelević having to interfere. Vitomir Odavić's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Dinko Pelević skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 43rd minute Niko Vučenić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svetoje Milenković saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Vitomir Odavić in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dinko Pelević prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 56 played minutes Bulkington got a freekick which was hit by Ermin Pejaković. The supporters of Middridge Village booed when Bulkington was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermin Pejaković didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute, Svetislav Raspopović hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 3-0 became the score in the 61st minute when Vitomir Odavić elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Svetoje Milenković showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tadija Šimanić, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. When Middridge Village's Spasoje Radosavović in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bulkington's goalie prevented a goal. Dinko Pelević came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Middridge Village's Dalibor Tadić. But to his dismay, Dalibor Tadić quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. The supporters of Bulkington booed when Middridge Village was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vukoje Jelenić didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitomir Odavić in the 79th minute of play forced Bulkington's goalkeeper Dinko Pelević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 80 minutes, Spasoje Radosavović managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Middridge Village's supporters crossed their fingers, but Spasoje Radosavović was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vitomir Odavić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dinko Pelević having to interfere. Vitomir Odavić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dinko Pelević having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Vitomir Odavić's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dinko Pelević was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Middridge Village had played much better football throughout.