League

Faversham Park
Spectators: 6720 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 0) HEELABY's defense didn't have a chance, in the 6th minute, when Barrie Maskell scored to the left of an out of position Gav Ferdinand, making the score, 1-0. Geoff Dunne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Watkinson in the 11th minute of the match. HEELABY's Gav Ferdinand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Blair Gower in the 15th minute of play. Vernon Pelc was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 17 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, HEELABY's Vernon Pelc got a free kick in the 17th minute. Gav Ferdinand acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 18th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Blair Gower. With a little luck, HEELABY's Gav Ferdinand got control of the ball when Barrie Maskell tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 22 minutes of play, HEELABY's Graeme Shakespeare made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geoff Dunne was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gav Ferdinand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dom Saville, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Tommy Bartrup made in the 28th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Blair Gower. Barrie Maskell hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Neil Potts struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Geoff Dunne didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for HEELABY. After 35 minutes of play, HEELABY's Sam Watkinson made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geoff Dunne was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 39 minutes of play, HEELABY's Robert Jeffrey made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geoff Dunne was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute, Robert Jeffrey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dom Saville sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Dom Saville was the one to do the kick off. After 51 played minutes Leave it yeh! got a freekick which was hit by Dom Saville. Geoff Dunne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Watkinson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Geoff Dunne made an important save on a dangerous shot by Graeme Shakespeare in the 57th minute. When Graeme Shakespeare came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the HEELABY 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 Graeme Shakespeare couldn't finish the play. Gav Ferdinand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Sparks, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Gav Ferdinand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blair Gower in the 66th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Graeme Shakespeare got free with Geoff Dunne in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 72 played minutes HEELABY got a freekick which was hit by Allan Turner. In the 74th minute, Sam Watkinson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gav Ferdinand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Sparks, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. Geoff Dunne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Turner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the game, Barrie Maskell cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Gav Ferdinand was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Watkinson in the 85th minute of play forced Leave it yeh!'s goalkeeper Geoff Dunne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Leave it yeh! getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Dom Saville hit a great ball. Geoff Dunne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allan Turner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, Leave it yeh!'s goal looked a bit too open when Sam Watkinson came free, but Geoff Dunne reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 96th minute Dom Saville shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gav Ferdinand saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. HEELABY's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.