League Play-Off

The Clapham Oval
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Caleb Llewellyn made the kick off and thus started the match. João Francisco Toscano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andrew Craddock having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, Damion Clay notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Clapham Rovers's Nilmar Brasil. Nilmar Brasil was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nilmar Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damion Clay, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. With a little luck, Wolfpack Utd F.C's Andrew Craddock got control of the ball when Cléberson Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Clapham Rovers's Donny Stockton slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Andrew Craddock. That made the score 1-2 after 19 minutes of play. Clapham Rovers's Nilmar Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caleb Llewellyn in the 23rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers João Francisco Toscano in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Andrew Craddock saved Wolfpack Utd F.C from getting behind. Nilmar Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricky Sewell in the 26th minute of the match. Nilmar Brasil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Caleb Llewellyn went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Andrew Craddock made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Cléberson Mendonça sent off a good shot on target. In the 34th match minute, Wolfpack Utd F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ricky Sewell to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Clapham Rovers getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Wayne Longden hit a great ball. If João Francisco Toscano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cléberson Mendonça to strike the kick off in the second half. Damien Quinn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Andrew Craddock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wolfpack Utd F.C's Andrew Craddock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cléberson Mendonça in the 53rd minute of play. Wolfpack Utd F.C's Damion Clay got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gavin Sedgemore's late challenge caught a Wolfpack Utd F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gavin Sedgemore helped the player get up and apologised. 58 minutes into the match, Wolfpack Utd F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Cléberson Mendonça came free, but Andrew Craddock reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Andrew Craddock showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Francisco Toscano in the 59th minute of the match. Andrew Craddock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cléberson Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Cléberson Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. Clapham Rovers's supporters rose to their feet, but Cléberson Mendonça was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andrew Craddock breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 71 minutes of play, Clapham Rovers's João Francisco Toscano made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrew Craddock was left in no man's land by his defense there! 76 minutes into the game, Clapham Rovers's Cléberson Mendonça nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Andrew Craddock made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. 80 minutes into the match, João Francisco Toscano notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Wolfpack Utd F.C's Andrew Craddock. Andrew Craddock was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Andrew Craddock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cléberson Mendonça in the 84th minute of play. In the 85thth minute of the game Cléberson Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wolfpack Utd F.C's Andrew Craddock was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. João Francisco Toscano scored 5-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Andrew Craddock, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Cléberson Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andrew Craddock stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of João Francisco Toscano's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Clapham Rovers'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.