League

Great Bookham Stadiu
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Royston's Mohsen Talaei 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. 11 minutes into the game, Great Bookham's Shahrdad Iranian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mahyar Mansouri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. If Nader Eshkevari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 17 minutes, Shaya Naghdabadi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Royston and the Great Bookham players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Royston's Shaya Naghdabadi got a free kick in the 17th minute. Sina Tabatabaei's late challenge caught a Great Bookham's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sina Tabatabaei helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Great Bookham booed when Royston was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sina Tabatabaei didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Great Bookham got a corner. Royston's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Javeed Shirazi ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Javeed Shirazi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Royston's Mahyar Mansouri did a great save. 23 minutes in the game, Shahrdad Iranian fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Mahyar Mansouri having to interfere. In the 26th match minute, Royston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Siavash Jahed to maneuver through the defense. Great Bookham's Shahrdad Iranian came free and shot a quick shot against goal 28 minutes in the game, fortunately Mahyar Mansouri had problems saving as it came toward the left post. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nader Eshkevari in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mahyar Mansouri saved Royston from getting behind. 32 minutes into the match, Shahrdad Iranian notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Royston's Mahyar Mansouri. Mahyar Mansouri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Shahrdad Iranian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Mahyar Mansouri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nader Eshkevari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Shahrdad Iranian managed to get in a good position for a shot. Great Bookham's supporters rose to their feet, but Shahrdad Iranian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mahyar Mansouri breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Mohsen Talaei managed to get in a good position for a shot. Royston's supporters rose to their feet, but Mohsen Talaei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Khashayar Bagheri breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shahrdad Iranian could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Mahyar Mansouri made a huge save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nader Eshkevari stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Mohsen Talaei came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Royston 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 Mohsen Talaei couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Nader Eshkevari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mahyar Mansouri was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Mahyar Mansouri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nader Eshkevari's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Great Bookham's Shahrdad Iranian got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nader Eshkevari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nader Eshkevari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahyar Mansouri having to interfere. 69 minutes into the game, Great Bookham's Shahrdad Iranian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mahyar Mansouri made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After a rather tough play, Great Bookham's Mehrdad Akbarpour got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Mahyar Mansouri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shahrdad Iranian in the 76th minute of the match. In the 81st match minute, Great Bookham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ramin Hamidi to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Behrad Rezaei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nader Eshkevari in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mahyar Mansouri saved Royston from getting behind. Anoush Mansouri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Khashayar Bagheri having to interfere. When Nader Eshkevari fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Great Bookham's protests and gave Nader Eshkevari a yellow card for diving instead. In the 91st minute, Nader Eshkevari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Mohsen Talaei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mahyar Mansouri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nader Eshkevari in the 96th minute of the match. Royston's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.