League Play-Off

Walcote Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Robert Duckworth kicked off to start the match. Ian Watson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Roy Delaney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 4thth minute of the game Horea Decuseară who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Walcote's Roy Delaney was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Walcote's Felix Lydiate got a free kick in the 6th minute. Horea Decuseară received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Roy Delaney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ian Watson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guy Davis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Duckworth, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After 11 played minutes Holy Cross Mountains got a freekick which was hit by Hugon Budacz. 14 minutes into the match, Walcote's goal looked a bit too open when Horea Decuseară came free, but Roy Delaney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Walcote's zone, Reynaldo Mede stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Roy Delaney came out of the goal and Reynaldo Mede tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Roy Delaney stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Horea Decuseară's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Horea Decuseară's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roy Delaney was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 22 minutes into the game, Reynaldo Mede cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Roy Delaney was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute, 柯翔峰 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 30 minutes of play, Holy Cross Mountains's Reynaldo Mede made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roy Delaney was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Holy Cross Mountains's Horea Decuseară in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Walcote's goalie prevented a goal. Walcote's Roy Delaney played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel Stroescu in the 35th minute of play. Roy Delaney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horea Decuseară in the 37th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Horea Decuseară in the 41st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roy Delaney prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Walcote's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emanuel Stroescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Holy Cross Mountains's players had a chance to rest. 45 minutes into the match, Ian Watson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roy Delaney. Walcote's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ian Watson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Horea Decuseară made a kick off. Roy Delaney showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reynaldo Mede, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 56th minute, Holy Cross Mountains's Horea Decuseară ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roy Delaney. Roy Delaney yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Roy Delaney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Stroescu in the 59th minute of the match. Roy Delaney showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horea Decuseară, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After 62 minutes, Horea Decuseară made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Walcote's Roy Delaney tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Reynaldo Mede had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Horea Decuseară had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Horea Decuseară sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Roy Delaney made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Ian Watson sent off a good shot on target. Roy Delaney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Stroescu in the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, Walcote's goalkeeper Roy Delaney had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Horea Decuseară. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pedro Shields got free with Roy Delaney in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 81 played minutes Horea Decuseară rounded Walcote's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-6. In the 86th match minute, Walcote was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Lydiate to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute, Ian Watson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roy Delaney was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. Horea Decuseară struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Roy Delaney didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Holy Cross Mountains. Holy Cross Mountains's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.