League

Coniston
Spectators: 6719 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dusty Cannon made the kick off which started today's match. If Lyle Baldwin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ronald Goff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Graig Dunlap in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Graig Dunlap 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. The supporters of Coniston booed when Nordegg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sam Abraham didn't get a good kick on the ball. Graig Dunlap received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Ronald Goff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leslie Pope made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darrell Samuel in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Dusty Cannon left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nordegg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Darrell Samuel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Leslie Pope tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kraig Chesnay's late challenge caught a Coniston's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kraig Chesnay helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Nordegg getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Kraig Chesnay hit a great ball. A collision led to Coniston getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Jean Littlejohn hit a great ball. In the 32nd minute, Rick Grandbois hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, Adolph Casey sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Coniston's Leslie Pope didn't even have to move. Dusty Cannon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Leslie Pope tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sam Abraham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Nordegg were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Graig Dunlap was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Nordegg getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Dusty Cannon hit a great ball. If Lyle Baldwin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Graig Dunlap received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ronald Goff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Coniston's Leslie Pope played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dusty Cannon in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Jean Littlejohn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leslie Pope took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dusty Cannon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leslie Pope took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dusty Cannon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronald Goff came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Coniston's Lyle Baldwin. But to his dismay, Lyle Baldwin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. If Lyle Baldwin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Sam Abraham managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nordegg's supporters rose to their feet, but Sam Abraham was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leslie Pope breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Delbert Cisneros hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. 79 minutes into the match, Nordegg's Dusty Cannon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leslie Pope narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 86 played minutes Nordegg got a freekick which was hit by Sam Abraham. In the 86th minute of the match Cary Mendoza shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ronald Goff showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Rick Grandbois fell near the penalty area in the 88th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Coniston's protests and gave Rick Grandbois a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Coniston's Rick Grandbois got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 96 played minutes Nordegg got a freekick which was hit by Jordan Rice. In the 99th minute, Lyle Baldwin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronald Goff was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Coniston's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.