League

Kingswood
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tris Parslow got the match started through his kick off. Chip Church fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Blair Wiley having to interfere. Kirk Cohens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Blair Wiley having to interfere. A collision led to Kingswood getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Dylan Swift hit a great ball. Blair Wiley didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chip Church went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Tris Parslow sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 30 minutes, Donald Everard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kingswood's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donald Everard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kirk Cohens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kirk Cohens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, Kingswood's Dom Basham got a free kick in the 39th minute. If Chip Church had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Kirk Cohens made the kick off in the second half. After 55 minutes Kingswood's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Stu Jordan who took care of the corner kick. heskeys's Stu Jordan was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Blair Wiley in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Chip Church sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kirk Cohens in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Blair Wiley saved Kingswood from getting behind. In the 68th minute, Ashley Eagles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Kingswood's zone, Chip Church stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Blair Wiley came out of the goal and Chip Church tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 80thth minute of the game Kirk Cohens who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kingswood's Blair Wiley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kirk Cohens in the 84th minute of play forced Kingswood's goalkeeper Blair Wiley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, Kingswood's goalkeeper Blair Wiley had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chip Church. In the 87th minute Kirk Cohens shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Blair Wiley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Seth Bartlett was shown his second yellow card after 93 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 94th match minute, heskeys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Bartlett to maneuver through the defense. Chip Church received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Blair Wiley tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. heskeys's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.