League Play-Off

Bury St Edmunds Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Stuart Firth started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Stuart Firth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Damon Mason tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stuart Firth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leroy Bell didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Reuben Beckford went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 16th minute Stuart Firth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damon Mason saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Evington's Leroy Bell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Halliwell in the 31st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Steven Westlake during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Bury St Edmunds City's Steven Westlake got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Bury St Edmunds City's Reuben Beckford got a free kick in the 36th minute. 43 minutes into the match, Bury St Edmunds City's goal looked a bit too open when Johnathon Lister came free, but Damon Mason reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stuart Firth fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damon Mason having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mattias Halliwell to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Bury St Edmunds City booed when Evington was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenny Impey didn't get a good kick on the ball. Damien Wiley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leroy Bell having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Damien Wiley 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. After some careless play in the Evington defense, Mattias Halliwell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leroy Bell. The Evington fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leroy Bell should have stopped the shot. Leroy Bell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mattias Halliwell, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Leroy Bell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damien Wiley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damien Wiley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 76 minutes into the match, Evington's goal looked a bit too open when Mattias Halliwell came free, but Leroy Bell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Billie Burns hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guy Chambers was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 78th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. If Stuart Firth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Johnathon Lister sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Stuart Firth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Damon Mason made an important save on a dangerous shot by Johnathon Lister in the 83rd minute. Damon Mason made an important save on a dangerous shot by Johnathon Lister in the 90th minute.