League Play-Off

Longview Heights
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Longview Heights's Bronson Fitzgerald played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wendell Whitfield in the 7th minute of play. The supporters of Bartonville booed when Longview Heights was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sam Elliott didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wendell Whitfield recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 15 minutes into the game, Lazaro Ruth cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Bronson Fitzgerald was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 18th minute Santiago Gillespie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Darrell Curran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 23 minutes into the game, when Randy Bynum put in a rough tackle. The goalkeeper, Darrell Curran, was totally fooled by Longview Heights's Santiago Gillespie, who 24 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Wendell Whitfield fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bronson Fitzgerald having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Wendell Whitfield managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bartonville's supporters rose to their feet, but Wendell Whitfield was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bronson Fitzgerald breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Wendell Whitfield managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bartonville's supporters rose to their feet, but Wendell Whitfield was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bronson Fitzgerald breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 42nd match minute, Bartonville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wendell Whitfield to maneuver through the defense. If Clayton Vazquez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Darrell Curran made an important save on a dangerous shot by Clayton Vazquez in the 45th minute. 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.

After 51 minutes of play, Longview Heights's Santiago Gillespie made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darrell Curran was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Wendell Whitfield got free with Bronson Fitzgerald in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Devin Anderson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wendell Whitfield got in the 59th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Bronson Fitzgerald handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. After 63 minutes, Devin Anderson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bartonville and the Longview Heights players grew even worse after the yellow card. 65 minutes into the game, Clayton Vazquez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Darrell Curran was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Bartonville's Wendell Whitfield got a free kick in the 68th minute. After a rather tough play, Longview Heights's Jack Baggett got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Bartonville's Darrell Curran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santiago Gillespie in the 76th minute of play. After having played for 78 minutes, Wendell Whitfield managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bartonville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wendell Whitfield was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Darrell Curran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jack Baggett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Santiago Gillespie took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Darrell Curran. Darrell Curran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1.