Friendly League

Witney Stadium
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Klement Bejgier took the kick off in the first half of the match. RPF Grabarze Olesnica's Edward Rydzewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save RPF Grabarze Olesnica from getting a goal against them. Tim Hurren kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Edward Rydzewski was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Leon Swanson capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Leon Swanson really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to RPF Grabarze Olesnica getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Fryderyk Awizo hit a great ball. Tim Hurrens short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Edward Rydzewski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 18th minute Ebi Smolarek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Bond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leon Swanson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 22nd minute Ebi Smolarek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tommy Bond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Klement Bejgier had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tommy Bond. Witney City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Klement Bejgier was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The throw-in from Jerzy Jestrimski in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Witney City's Rex Lynam. 35 minutes in the game Remigiusz Misiorowski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Mieszko Ochabski. In the 37th minute, Mieszko Ochabski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Rydzewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tim Hurren in the 38th minute. 43 minutes into the game, RPF Grabarze Olesnica's Mieszko Ochabski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tommy Bond made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After 47 minutes, Leon Swanson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Witney City and the RPF Grabarze Olesnica players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Witney City's Charles Bolton got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 60 minutes into the match, RPF Grabarze Olesnica's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Swanson came free, but Edward Rydzewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tommy Bond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Bejgier in the 67th minute of play. In the 71st minute Tim Hurren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edward Rydzewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tommy Bond made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Ebi Smolarek sent off a good shot on target. Charles Bolton might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edward Rydzewski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Charles Bolton ran back to his position shaking his head. 87 minutes into the match, Witney City's goalkeeper Tommy Bond had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ebi Smolarek. Edward Rydzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles Bolton in the 90th minute of the match.