League

Finsbury Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Franz Lynam took the kick off in the first half of the match. Graeme Shakespeare received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Martyn Monkhouse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Martyn Monkhouse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Jeffrey in the 6th minute of the match. When Luke Goldsmith fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored All Stars's protests and gave Luke Goldsmith a yellow card for diving instead. Martyn Monkhouse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Watkinson in the 13th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Dave Blake took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gav Ferdinand to make any attempt to save it. Graeme Shakespeare sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gav Ferdinand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dave Blake in the 23rd minute of play. HEELABY's Gav Ferdinand played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dave Blake in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute of the match, Dave Blake tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gav Ferdinand saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Sonny Rayner made in the 29th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Dave Blake. Robert Medley could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Gav Ferdinand made a huge save. In the 32nd minute, Dave Blake reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gav Ferdinand. The goal made the score 2-0. All Stars's Martyn Monkhouse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Graeme Shakespeare in the 38th minute of play. Martyn Monkhouse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Watkinson in the 39th minute of the match. Martyn Monkhouse came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by HEELABY's Sam Watkinson. But to his dismay, Sam Watkinson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Graeme Shakespeare to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Graeme Shakespeare got free with Martyn Monkhouse in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martyn Monkhouse was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Graeme Shakespeare capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Graeme Shakespeare really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. After having played for 57 minutes, Sam Watkinson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HEELABY's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sam Watkinson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 59th minute Sam Watkinson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martyn Monkhouse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Graeme Shakespeare could shoot a difficult shot in the 62nd minute, which Martyn Monkhouse however easily saved by the left post. Martyn Monkhouse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Watkinson in the 63rd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Sam Watkinson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Martyn Monkhouse, 2-3. All Stars's Martyn Monkhouse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Allan Turner in the 71st minute of play. A collision led to All Stars getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Luke Goldsmith hit a great ball. All Stars's Martyn Monkhouse proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save All Stars from getting a goal against them. In the 75th minute, HEELABY's Sam Watkinson dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-4. Gav Ferdinand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franz Lynam in the 80th minute of play. Martyn Monkhouse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Graeme Shakespeare, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. When Ian Sansom fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored HEELABY's protests and gave Ian Sansom a yellow card for diving instead. In the 94th minute Franz Lynam 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.