League Play-Off

Quandary Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Loyd Clarke started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Pierre Colling was a little too slow when Danny Allcock got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 3rd minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 16th minute, Danny Allcock 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. Larry Mitchell received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pierre Colling came out and tried to block the shot, but Larry Mitchell slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 18th minute. Brice Legg charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Brice Legg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Larry Mitchell was extremely unlucky when he, in the 26th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. In the 29th minute, Larry Mitchell 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. Quandary's Burns Willding managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Dario Quinn in the 31 minute of the game. 33 minutes into the match, Cuthbert's goal looked a bit too open when Larry Mitchell came free, but Pierre Colling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pierre Colling didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Burns Willding went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Carleton Neich's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pierre Colling read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. Curtis Shortus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Art Gaffigan in the 46th minute of the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Larry Mitchell stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Darin Kaine left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Quandary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. A sloppy throw-in by Dario Quinn in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Quandary's Edgar Bleazard. In the 63rd match minute, Quandary was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Allcock to maneuver through the defense. Edgar Bleazard kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Cuthbert's Pierre Colling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darin Kaine in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th minute Danny Allcock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pierre Colling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 74 minutes into the game, when Baxter Fallen put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of Quandary:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Cuthbert:s goal. Loyd Clarke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Curtis Shortus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute, Burns Willding hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Larry Mitchell blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pierre Colling having to make a save. If Carleton Neich had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 95 played minutes Cuthbert got a freekick which was hit by Milton Grandison. After a rather tough play, Cuthbert's Bleyd Brien got a free kick in the 97th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Cuthbert's zone, Darin Kaine stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pierre Colling came out of the goal and Darin Kaine tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Quandary's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.