Friendly League

River Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, East Ham United's Glenn Gates got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 3rd minute, Tod Cartwright 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. If Harry Robson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Harry Robson put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Trev Cahill. River Thames FC's Jerome Cartwright managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ritchie Branston in the 13 minute of the game. After 22 minutes, Kristian Laycock mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the River Thames FC and the East Ham United players grew even worse after the yellow card. River Thames FC:s Trev Cahill showed great skill when he stopped Quentin Bell:s penalty. East Ham United's Theo Groom proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save East Ham United from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcus Swift during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Marcus Swift hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 37th minute Harry Robson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trev Cahill saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. River Thames FC's Jerome Cartwright managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ritchie Branston in the 44 minute of the game. After some careless play in the River Thames FC defense, Harry Robson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trev Cahill. The River Thames FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trev Cahill should have stopped the shot.

River Thames FC's Marcus Swift got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Theo Groom made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Swift in the 54th minute of play. After 56 played minutes River Thames FC got a freekick which was hit by Ian York. East Ham United's Timothy Breckin managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Aras Görkem Zümer in the 59 minute of the game. Trev Cahill made an important save on a dangerous shot by Harry Robson in the 61st minute. East Ham United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Quentin Bell in the 63rd minute. Trev Cahill made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Robson in the 69th minute of play. Trev Cahill made an important save on a dangerous shot by Harry Robson in the 70th minute. East Ham United's Theo Groom played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcus Swift in the 71st minute of play. The supporters of East Ham United booed when River Thames FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcus Swift didn't get a good kick on the ball. River Thames FC's attentive Jerome Cartwright managed to snatch the ball when Ritchie Branston made a throw-in in the 76th minute of the game. After 80 played minutes River Thames FC got a freekick which was hit by Ian York. The long shot by Mike Callery in the 81st minute really tested Trev Cahill's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Quentin Bell kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Ian York notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of East Ham United's Theo Groom. Theo Groom was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Trev Cahill showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Robson in the 91st minute of the match.