League Play-Off

Southend Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Neško Vuletić got the match started through his kick off. Miladin Vlahović hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Rob Ainsworth was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 5th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. If Greg Mayo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrew Dearden in the 8th minute of play forced Archway City's goalkeeper Predrag Ivanišević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Archway City's goal looked a bit too open when Andrew Dearden came free, but Predrag Ivanišević reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Neško Vuletić had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Phillip Parkinson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miladin Vlahović in the 15th minute of play. Neško Vuletić scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Phillip Parkinson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Neško Vuletić struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Phillip Parkinson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Archway City. Neško Vuletić struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Phillip Parkinson didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Archway City. Predrag Ivanišević didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Greg Mayo went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Andrew Dearden to make the kick off. Duncan Vaughan's late challenge caught a Archway City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duncan Vaughan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Southend United's Duncan Vaughan got a free kick in the 52nd minute. 54 minutes into the match, Andrew Dearden had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Predrag Ivanišević. Archway City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andrew Dearden was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After 58th play minutes Niša Aćimović shot 2-2, a short shot which went by Phillip Parkinson and just under the crossbar into goal. Niša Aćimović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Niša Aćimović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 72nd minute Neško Vuletić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Phillip Parkinson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Archway City booed when Southend United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Duncan Vaughan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niša Aćimović recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Predrag Ivanišević showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrew Dearden, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute Greg Mayo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Predrag Ivanišević saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miladin Vlahović's late challenge caught a Southend United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miladin Vlahović helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Southend United booed when Archway City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miladin Vlahović didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Greg Mayo came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Southend 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 Greg Mayo couldn't finish the play. Andrew Dearden fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Predrag Ivanišević having to interfere. A collision led to Archway City getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Sergije Milivojević hit a great ball.