Friendly League

River Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Francis Curtis made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, River Thames FC's Ruperto Tano got a free kick in the 6th minute. Aras Görkem Zümer's late challenge caught a Corinthians FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aras Görkem Zümer helped the player get up and apologised. 8 minutes in the game, Niceto Ramirez dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Tod Cartwright hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Trev Cahill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francis Curtis, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Tod Cartwright hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Len Woolford took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Trev Cahill. River Thames FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to River Thames FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Tristram Burns hit a great ball. Trev Cahill showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Ramirez in the 14th minute of the match. A collision led to River Thames FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Jerome Cartwright hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Corinthians FC's Len Woolford tried to score from far away in the 18th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, River Thames FC's Tristram Burns got a free kick in the 20th minute. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Tristram Burns sped through Corinthians FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Torstein Stenseth. After 29 minutes Corinthians FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tristram Burns who took care of the corner kick. Trev Cahill made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francis Curtis in the 32nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in River Thames FC's zone, Niceto Ramirez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Trev Cahill came out of the goal and Niceto Ramirez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trev Cahill made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francis Curtis in the 38th minute of play. Trev Cahill showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francis Curtis in the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd match minute, River Thames FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Loyd Harrington to maneuver through the defense. Torstein Stenseth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ian York in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ian York was the one to do the kick off. Corinthians FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Len Woolford in the 56th minute. After 58 played minutes River Thames FC got a freekick which was hit by Tristram Burns. River Thames FC's Trev Cahill proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save River Thames FC from getting a goal against them. Jerome Cartwright made in the 66th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Aras Görkem Zümer. Torstein Stenseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian York in the 68th minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Francis Curtis notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of River Thames FC's Trev Cahill. Trev Cahill was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Damaso Casomiro hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roy Mortimer got free with Trev Cahill in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th minute, Corinthians FC's Len Woolford ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Trev Cahill. Trev Cahill yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. Stu Dunning charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stu Dunning the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Corinthians FC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Stu Dunning hit a great ball. Torstein Stenseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tristram Burns in the 94th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Corinthians FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for River Thames FC.