League Play-Off

Purbrook
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rob Mullen made the kick off which started today's match. Eric Gurney made an important save on a dangerous shot by Barry Evans in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Atherstone United's goalkeeper Eric Gurney had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Barry Evans. Rob Mullen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Eric Gurney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Kieran Anderson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 29 minutes into the match, Alan Sears had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gav Flack. Purbrook City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alan Sears was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Eric Gurney showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rob Mullen, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. When Owen Turk came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Atherstone United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Owen Turk couldn't finish the play. Jerry Goodwick charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jerry Goodwick the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Purbrook City booed when Atherstone United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jerry Goodwick didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Barry Evans got free with Eric Gurney in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Kieran Hughes in the 51st minute of play forced Atherstone United's goalkeeper Eric Gurney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Purbrook City got a freekick which was hit by Shaun Duke. After 58 minutes, Brendon Jones mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Purbrook City and the Atherstone United players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 58 played minutes Purbrook City got a freekick which was hit by Brendon Jones. Purbrook City's Gav Flack played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alan Sears in the 62nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Atherstone United defense, Rob Mullen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eric Gurney. The Atherstone United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eric Gurney should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Owen Turk got free with Gav Flack in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Brendon Jones fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eric Gurney having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Rob Mullen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eric Gurney was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. After 84 played minutes Atherstone United got a freekick which was hit by Rory Pilgrim. Eric Gurney showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rob Mullen, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Purbrook City's goalkeeper Gav Flack had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Owen Turk. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Barry Evans managed to get in a good position for a shot. Purbrook City's supporters rose to their feet, but Barry Evans was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Gurney breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The attack was good, but when Rob Mullen in the 92nd minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal.