League

Keele Park
Spectators: 5010 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 10) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Junior Brennan started the match with the kick off. Miles Fowler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tristan Forbes in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Manchester Dream's Rodd Gobey got a free kick in the 9th minute. After 11 minutes of play, Manchester Dream's Tristan Forbes made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miles Fowler was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kristopher Dalby didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Junior Brennan went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Miles Fowler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alan Bennett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Streatham Starlights defense, Sammy Maston kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Miles Fowler. The Streatham Starlights fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Miles Fowler should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Streatham Starlights defense, Alan Bennett kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Miles Fowler. The Streatham Starlights fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Miles Fowler should have stopped the shot. Streatham Starlights's Junior Brennan got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Miles Fowler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tristan Forbes, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the last second Kristopher Dalby throw himself and got hold of the ball when Verne Broadbent in the 41stth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Miles Fowler stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alan Bennett's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 3-3 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tristan Forbes was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Tristan Forbes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manchester Dream's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tristan Forbes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Manchester Dream's zone, Verne Broadbent stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristopher Dalby came out of the goal and Verne Broadbent tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 57 minutes, Rodd Gobey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester Dream and the Streatham Starlights players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Manchester Dream getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Rodd Gobey hit a great ball. Ricky Button took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kristopher Dalby. Kristopher Dalby dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. A collision led to Streatham Starlights getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Kristopher Haugue hit a great ball. Kristopher Dalby showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricky Button, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Tristan Forbes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Michael Strickland kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Tristan Forbes received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Miles Fowler came out and tried to block the shot, but Tristan Forbes slotted it home off the left post making it 4-4 in the 77th minute. Rodd Gobey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miles Fowler having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Junior Brennan 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. If Ricky Button had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Streatham Starlights getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Kristopher Haugue hit a great ball.