League

The Kennell
Spectators: 7457 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 7) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Neil Holdsworth got the match started through his kick off. Benjy Diefenbach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Artizar in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Neil Holdsworth reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benjy Diefenbach. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 8th minute of the match Raleigh Bundy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benjy Diefenbach skillfully saved the ball. In the 13th match minute, Ashby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matthews Groves to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute Matthews Groves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Potter Millard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benjy Diefenbach went to the wrong direction when Russel Kenack was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. C B Bulldogs's Cristian Artizar got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Hilton hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute of the match Raleigh Bundy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benjy Diefenbach skillfully saved the ball. In the 31st minute of the match Raleigh Bundy sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benjy Diefenbach skillfully saved the ball. After 32 played minutes Ashby got a freekick which was hit by Jonty Kerville. Benjy Diefenbach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Neil Holdsworth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Neil Holdsworth's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benjy Diefenbach was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. 39 minutes into the match, Ashby's goalkeeper Benjy Diefenbach had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Neil Holdsworth. 40 minutes into the match, C B Bulldogs's Cristian Artizar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benjy Diefenbach narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 42 minutes into the game, Neil Holdsworth cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Benjy Diefenbach was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Brandon Gaines to make the kick off. Cristian Artizar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Benjy Diefenbach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th minute, Matthew Merz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 58 minutes into the match, Ashby's goal looked a bit too open when Loud Ross came free, but Benjy Diefenbach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Artizar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Benjy Diefenbach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Ashby's goal looked a bit too open when Neil Holdsworth came free, but Benjy Diefenbach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neil Holdsworth in the 64th minute of play forced Ashby's goalkeeper Benjy Diefenbach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Loud Ross notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Ashby's Benjy Diefenbach. Benjy Diefenbach was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 72nd minute of the match Clifford Mcgrath shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benjy Diefenbach showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Ashby's Matthews Groves got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Loud Ross received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Benjy Diefenbach tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Davey Perrett's late challenge caught a C B Bulldogs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Davey Perrett helped the player get up and apologised. Davey Perrett hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Benjy Diefenbach made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neil Holdsworth in the 87th minute of play. Cristian Artizar scored 6-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benjy Diefenbach, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Matthew Merz hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. C B Bulldogs's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.