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Emirates
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Philip Hanson got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to rebels getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Carl Merchant hit a great ball. Johnathan Banks fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjamin Redwood-Turner having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Gav Lester managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arsenal's supporters rose to their feet, but Gav Lester was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benjamin Redwood-Turner breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 9 minutes, Carl Merchant mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the rebels and the Arsenal players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Arsenal booed when rebels was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carl Merchant didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpected shot in the 11th minute by Gav Lester got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 12th minute, Gav Lester reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benjamin Redwood-Turner. The goal made the score 1-0. Benjamin Redwood-Turner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnathan Banks in the 18th minute of play. If Shawn Easton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 24th minute, Shawn Easton got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philip Hanson in the 25th minute of play forced Arsenal's goalkeeper Bobby Halloran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Johnathan Banks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. rebels's Daryl Mullan couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 29th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Arsenal. Benjamin Redwood-Turner was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gav Lester showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 30 minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in rebels's zone, Gav Lester stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benjamin Redwood-Turner came out of the goal and Gav Lester tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 38 minutes into the match, Gav Lester notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of rebels's Benjamin Redwood-Turner. Benjamin Redwood-Turner was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The throw-in from Jimmy Wilmott in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by rebels's Brian Browne. In the 42nd minute of the match Des Thurman shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bobby Halloran showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bobby Halloran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Philip Hanson in the 44th minute of the match. Chip Pascoe kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Philip Hanson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bobby Halloran having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gav Lester was the one to do the kick off. Bobby Halloran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shawn Easton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arsenal's Bobby Halloran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Arsenal from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Arsenal's Robert Togwell got a free kick in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Arsenal's goalkeeper Bobby Halloran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Philip Hanson. Bobby Halloran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shawn Easton in the 75th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Arsenal's goalkeeper Bobby Halloran had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Philip Hanson. In the 78th minute Gav Lester shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamin Redwood-Turner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Philip Hanson in the 80thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bobby Halloran, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Johnathan Banks hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. A throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game was made by Brendon Beale with Daryl Mullan as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Benjamin Redwood-Turner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johnathan Banks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daryl Mullan's late challenge caught a Arsenal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daryl Mullan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 87th match minute, rebels was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daryl Mullan to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, Shawn Easton dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Bobby Halloran, 3-2. Bobby Halloran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shawn Easton in the 93rd minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the rebels players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Arsenal.