League

Earlwood
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Earlwood's Otto Haslem started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Peter Starling showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kale Gaffigan, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute, John Pukallus 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. In the 9th minute, Kale Gaffigan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mungindi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Thomas Turner struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Peter Starling didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mungindi. Otto Haslem fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stanley Keato having to interfere. Earlwood's Peter Starling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kale Gaffigan in the 25th minute of play. Jonathan Whittington sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Tony Woods had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Peter Starling showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kale Gaffigan, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 38th minute Kale Gaffigan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter Starling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kale Gaffigan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Peter Starling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bryce Aylwin succeeded in the game's 43rd minute to get real power on a long shot . Earlwood's Peter Starling hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 0-2!

The wind increased when Kale Gaffigan made the kick off in the second half. Kale Gaffigan might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Peter Starling. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kale Gaffigan ran back to his position shaking his head. 56 minutes into the match, Earlwood's goal looked a bit too open when Kale Gaffigan came free, but Peter Starling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Starling was out of position in the 68 minute of play, and Kale Gaffigan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kale Gaffigan really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Kale Gaffigan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Peter Starling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mungindi's Jonathan Whittington got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 78 minutes into the game, Kale Gaffigan lined in a short shot 0-4 behind a frustrated Peter Starling. 81 minutes into the game, Otto Haslem was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Earlwood's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mungindi the free kick. Otto Haslem hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 88 minutes into the game, Arnie Ayrton was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Earlwood's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mungindi the free kick. In the 88th minute, Arnie Ayrton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Peter Starling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kale Gaffigan in the 90th minute of play. If Rudolph Owens had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Otto Haslem kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match.