League

Royal Oak Park
Spectators: 9247 (Terracing: 6936, Seating: 2127, VIP seats: 184) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Archie Greenwood took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tristram Barratt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tomislav Strahija having to interfere. The throw-in from Philip Buckley in the 4th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Kentucky Fried Wings's Denzil Welsh. 11 minutes into the match, Oakham's goal looked a bit too open when Archie Greenwood came free, but George Dudek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Oakham's goal looked a bit too open when Archie Greenwood came free, but George Dudek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. George Dudek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Archie Greenwood in the 22nd minute of play. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Oakham's goalkeeper George Dudek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tristram Barratt charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tristram Barratt the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Oakham's Tristram Barratt got a free kick in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Archie Greenwood's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Dudek was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Archie Greenwood in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg George Dudek saved Oakham from getting behind. When Archie Greenwood came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Kentucky Fried Wings 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 Archie Greenwood couldn't finish the play. Benard Ngamta hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. George Dudek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Archie Greenwood, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Matthew Watkins made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dom Griggs during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dom Griggs kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Oakham's George Dudek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Oakham from getting a goal against them. Archie Greenwood might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over George Dudek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Archie Greenwood ran back to his position shaking his head. George Dudek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Archie Greenwood, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After a rather tough play, Oakham's Dom Griggs got a free kick in the 64th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Kentucky Fried Wings's Archie Greenwood sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that George Dudek narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Archie Greenwood put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of George Dudek. Kentucky Fried Wings's Son van Basten was substituted for Archie Greenwood. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Joachim in the 75th minute of play forced Kentucky Fried Wings's goalkeeper Tomislav Strahija to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Son van Basten had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of George Dudek. Oakham's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Son van Basten was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 84th minute, Matthew Watkins ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomislav Strahija was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. George Dudek came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by Kentucky Fried Wings's Son van Basten. But to his dismay, Son van Basten quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After a rather tough play, Kentucky Fried Wings's Benard Ngamta got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After having played for 93 minutes, Matthew Watkins managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Oakham's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matthew Watkins was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Chants of Kentucky Fried Wings echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Oakham had held the ball for most of the match.