League

Corby
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Greg Morgan kicked off to start the match. Felix Wardle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joe Whalley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kris Cuss's late challenge caught a Theale AVFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kris Cuss helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th match minute, Corby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kris Cuss to maneuver through the defense. Nial Crittenden struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Bernie Lucas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Corby. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Whalley in the 10th minute of play forced Corby's goalkeeper Felix Wardle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th match minute, Theale AVFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nick Lawless to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute Joe Whalley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Wardle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeff York's late challenge caught a Theale AVFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeff York helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th match minute, Corby was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeff York to maneuver through the defense. Felix Wardle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zane Seagrave in the 20th minute of the match. A collision led to Theale AVFC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Joe Whalley hit a great ball. Felix Wardle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joe Whalley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes into the match, Corby's goal looked a bit too open when Oliver Santos came free, but Felix Wardle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Corby players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Theale AVFC were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joe Whalley made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Kris Cuss left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Corby fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Greg Morgan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernie Lucas having to interfere. Oliver Santos kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 64thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Corby's keeper Felix Wardle was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Zane Seagrave kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Nial Crittenden scored 2-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bernie Lucas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Oliver Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Oliver Santos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Felix Wardle. That made the score 2-2 in the 80 minute of play. Joe Whalley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felix Wardle having to interfere. A collision led to Theale AVFC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Zane Seagrave hit a great ball. In the 94th match minute, Theale AVFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joey Scholey to maneuver through the defense. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.