League

Buffery Park
Spectators: 5009 (Terracing: 4003, Seating: 1003, VIP seats: 3) Steven Button started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tony Wiltshire during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tony Wiltshire hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Netherton Colts defense, Steven Button kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Brad Huxtable. The Netherton Colts fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Brad Huxtable should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Des Thomson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Brad Huxtable was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steven Button in the 28th minute of play forced Netherton Colts's goalkeeper Brad Huxtable to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brad Huxtable showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Al Abbott, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Brad Huxtable made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Des Thomson in the 33rd minute of play. Tony Wiltshire was shown his second yellow card after 35 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Netherton Colts's Brad Huxtable played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tristan Styles in the 41st minute of play. Brad Huxtable showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steven Button in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joseph Hepburn was the one to do the kick off. Damian Robinson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ted Glasby in the 52nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Slovan Liberec's Lawrence Drake got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Al Abbott came free with the goalkeeper in the 58th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Brad Huxtable could save by the left post. In the 62nd minute Tristan Styles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brad Huxtable saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Netherton Colts getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Felix Bourne hit a great ball. Ollie Soussan hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Ollie Soussan lost his temper 73 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 73 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Netherton Colts! The referee gave FC Slovan Liberec a penalty, 76 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Tod Prutton, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Netherton Colts's Brad Huxtable. 0-3. After 79 minutes of play, FC Slovan Liberec's Al Abbott made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brad Huxtable was left in no man's land by his defense there! Damian Robinson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ted Glasby in the 83rd minute of the match. Brad Huxtable made an important save on a dangerous shot by Des Thomson in the 85th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Des Thomson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Brad Huxtable, 0-5. Al Abbott in the 96thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Brad Huxtable, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rueben Barfield's late challenge caught a FC Slovan Liberec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rueben Barfield helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Netherton Colts getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Rueben Barfield hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded FC Slovan Liberec left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Netherton Colts.