League

Oxley Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Albert Vickery started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Pandappa's zone, Rick Coleman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Berkeley Stockwin came out of the goal and Rick Coleman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kale Laughton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rick Coleman blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Berkeley Stockwin having to make a save. Berkeley Stockwin was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Archie Egel. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Oxley's Rick Coleman in the 17th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Berkeley Stockwin was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Pandappa through an amazing save. If Rick Coleman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the game, Bremen Angell was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pandappa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Oxley the free kick. After a rather tough play, Pandappa's Bremen Angell got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Benjamin Brandies short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Berkeley Stockwin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rick Coleman in the 30th minute of play forced Pandappa's goalkeeper Berkeley Stockwin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stephan Pound charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stephan Pound the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stephan Pound hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute Rick Coleman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Berkeley Stockwin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute, Bremen Angell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bryson Gavin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kale Laughton in the 38th minute of play. Bryson Gavin came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Pandappa's Kale Laughton. But to his dismay, Kale Laughton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Bryson Gavin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kale Laughton in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Benjamin Brandie was the one to do the kick off. Kale Laughton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 56 minutes into the match, Kale Laughton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bryson Gavin. Oxley's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kale Laughton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Crawford Rennie was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 63 minutes into the match. Berkeley Stockwin went to the wrong direction when Rick Coleman was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Oxley's zone, Stephan Pound stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bryson Gavin came out of the goal and Stephan Pound tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rick Coleman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Berkeley Stockwin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benjamin Brandie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Berkeley Stockwin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Pandappa's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin Brandie came free, but Berkeley Stockwin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Albert Vickery came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Pandappa fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Albert Vickery couldn't finish the play. Rick Coleman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Berkeley Stockwin having to interfere. Oxley's Amos Moran suffered a concussion after 94 minutes and had to leave the field. During the 94th minute of the match Stephan Pound completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Stephan Pound a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Oxley made a substitution. Keefe Macinnes replaced Amos Moran. Stephan Pound kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Pandappa's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.