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The Duck Pond
Spectators: 8512 (Terracing: 6385, Seating: 1957, VIP seats: 170) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Carlos Augusto Tróia kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kris Tetley. After having played for 4 minutes, Marlon Hancock managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Show me da Mane's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marlon Hancock was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Augusto Tróia in the 5th minute of play forced Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kris Tetley got free with Sidney Sparks in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Marlon Hancock had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kris Tetley. In the 16th minute, Stickleback Utd Xl's Kris Tetley dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kris Tetley got free with Sidney Sparks in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 25 minutes into the match, Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dale Couch. In the 32nd minute, Marlon Hancock hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dale Couch in the 36th minute of play forced Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Show me da Mane's Sidney Sparks proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Show me da Mane from getting a goal against them. 39 minutes into the game, Jerry Lovett cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Martin Giöck was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 43 minutes into the match, Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dale Couch. Sidney Sparks showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Augusto Tróia in the 45th minute of the match. Dale Couch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Stickleback Utd Xl made a substitution. Stephen Clapham replaced Kris Tetley. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Augusto Tróia in the 53rd minute of play forced Show me da Mane's goalkeeper Sidney Sparks to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 54 minutes Show me da Mane's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rareș Ozon who took care of the corner kick. After 62 minutes of play, Stickleback Utd Xl's Stephen Clapham made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sidney Sparks was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dale Couch scored 3-1 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sidney Sparks, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sidney Sparks showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stephen Clapham in the 71st minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Carlos Augusto Tróia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Sparks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Show me da Mane's Sidney Sparks played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jhonny Del Fierro in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th minute Stephen Clapham shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Sparks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sidney Sparks showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benji Browne, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute, Stephen Clapham ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sidney Sparks was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Fraser Williams charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fraser Williams the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fraser Williams kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Stephen Clapham scored 6-1 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sidney Sparks, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Stickleback Utd Xl fully deserved thier win.