League

Braunton
Spectators: 7994 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Craig Billington got the match started through his kick off. Özen Cesimi charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Özen Cesimi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. United FC's Zaq Poole was substituted for Walter Gray. In the 3rd minute, Özen Cesimi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Özen Cesimi got his second yellow card in the match during the 5th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 6th match minute, Malmesbury was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Özen Cesimi to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of United FC booed when Malmesbury was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ray Fitzgerald didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Craig Billington in the 9th minute of play forced Malmesbury's goalkeeper Oliver Christensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 11 minutes of play, United FC's Craig Billington made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oliver Christensen was left in no man's land by his defense there! 16 minutes into the match, Craig Billington had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Oliver Christensen. Malmesbury's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Craig Billington was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 20th match minute, United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Huey Nicholls to maneuver through the defense. Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Malmesbury from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen got control of the ball when Huey Nicholls tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oliver Christensen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Craig Billington in the 26th minute of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Craig Billington who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Oliver Christensen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Craig Billington's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 34th minute, Stephen Stevens had to leave the field with a concussion. Oliver Christensen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaq Poole, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oliver Christensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Craig Billington, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 42nd minute, Gwyn Bartlett hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 43 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Craig Billington sped through Malmesbury's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Oliver Christensen. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kev Freeman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Craig Billington made a precise shot to the right of Oliver Christensen. Malmesbury's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Oliver Christensen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zaq Poole, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Huey Nicholls scored 5-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Oliver Christensen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Oliver Christensen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Beavan in the 65th minute of play. Zaq Poole fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oliver Christensen having to interfere. Oliver Christensen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huey Nicholls in the 72nd minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Gwyn Bartlett was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Malmesbury's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave United FC the free kick. The supporters of United FC booed when Malmesbury was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gwyn Bartlett didn't get a good kick on the ball. Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfred Beavan in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute Huey Nicholls shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliver Christensen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ray Fitzgerald hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Malmesbury's zone, Zaq Poole stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oliver Christensen came out of the goal and Zaq Poole tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.