League Play-Off

The Capital Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Tristan Quinn made the kick off and thus started the match. After 6 minutes, Alastair Stonehouse mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the London Athleticz and the Yate AF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, London Athleticz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alastair Stonehouse to maneuver through the defense. Colin Bateman hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Tristan Quinn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 13 minutes into the match, London Athleticz's goal looked a bit too open when Jack Lynch came free, but Gregory Cavanagh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Colin Bateman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Nat Wiley tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jack Lynch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregory Cavanagh having to interfere. In the 34th minute, London Athleticz's Colin Bateman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Nat Wiley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Taylor, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Jo Dobson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colin Bateman recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alastair Stonehouse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nat Wiley having to interfere. Colin Bateman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Alastair Stonehouse managed to get in a good position for a shot. London Athleticz's supporters rose to their feet, but Alastair Stonehouse was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nat Wiley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nat Wiley was a little too slow when Alastair Stonehouse got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 3-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Jo Dobson made the kick off in the second half. Edward McMahon hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Darius Butt hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A collision led to Yate AF getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Tosh Newman hit a great ball. John Paul Borrowdale kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 68th minute, Colin Bateman 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. Gregory Cavanagh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tristan Quinn, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Colin Bateman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nat Wiley having to make a save. Oliver Barber hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute, Colin Bateman 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. In the 82nd minute, Mick Jordan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nat Wiley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alastair Stonehouse in the 90th minute of play. After having played for 94 minutes, Colin Bateman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. London Athleticz's supporters crossed their fingers, but Colin Bateman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alastair Stonehouse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Nat Wiley tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 98th minute Tristan Quinn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregory Cavanagh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. London Athleticz fully deserved thier win.