League

Keepmoat Stadium
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Doncaster Rovers's Antony Fairfax started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Antony Fairfax's late challenge caught a Wirral Rubbish's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antony Fairfax helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Wirral Rubbish booed when Doncaster Rovers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antony Fairfax didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Ash Wing hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ash Wing struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Dan Nash didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Wirral Rubbish. Doncaster Rovers's Dan Nash played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marty Hartley in the 12th minute of play. Wirral Rubbish's Deon Way proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Wirral Rubbish from getting a goal against them. Martin Bayford blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Deon Way having to make a save. In the 21st minute, Ash Wing left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wirral Rubbish fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ash Wing received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Dan Nash tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Doncaster Rovers booed when Wirral Rubbish was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gavin Hewitt didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Wirral Rubbish's Deon Way got control of the ball when Wayne Bensley tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 37th minute Ash Wing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Nash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dan Nash showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olly Gildea, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antony Fairfax got free with Deon Way in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Marty Hartley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Doncaster Rovers's Wayne Bensley got a free kick in the 58th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gavin Hewitt during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Wirral Rubbish getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Gavin Hewitt hit a great ball. 70 minutes into the match, Doncaster Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Ash Wing came free, but Dan Nash reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wirral Rubbish's Deon Way played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Bayford in the 75th minute of play. In the 79th minute, Wayne Bensley made a precise shot to the right of Deon Way. Wirral Rubbish's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Bayford in the 94th minute of play forced Wirral Rubbish's goalkeeper Deon Way to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.