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Lee
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Vernon Venables's late challenge caught a Birmingham Selly Oak's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vernon Venables helped the player get up and apologised. Bruce Fayle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shane Harding, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Sebastian Lundy lost his temper 10 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Lee United getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Ivan Pearson hit a great ball. In the 16th minute, Rich Bray 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. Ritchie Horsey in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Vern Devine, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Connor Ramsay kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute of the match Rich Bray shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bruce Fayle showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The long shot by Connor Ramsay in the 26th minute really tested Vern Devine's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Birmingham Selly Oak's Henry Croxford got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gav Cookson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 37 minutes into the match, Silvester Pelc sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Vern Devine threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Silvester Pelc this time. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christian Boyce during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Henry Croxford fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruce Fayle having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ritchie Horsey in the 47th minute of play forced Birmingham Selly Oak's goalkeeper Vern Devine to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Ritchie Horsey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Ray Shaw sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ritchie Horsey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Birmingham Selly Oak getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Rich Bray hit a great ball. If Henry Croxford had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd match minute, Birmingham Selly Oak was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gareth Cook to maneuver through the defense. Vern Devine took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ray Shaw, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gav Cookson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 71st minute, Henry Croxford 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. Kev Nethercoat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Bruce Fayle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Birmingham Selly Oak getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Gareth Cook hit a great ball. Vern Devine didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ritchie Horsey went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Ivan Pearson hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Vern Devine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ray Shaw, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. The audience was convinced that Ritchie Horsey's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vern Devine was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. A collision led to Birmingham Selly Oak getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Shane Harding hit a great ball. Lee United's Ray Shaw got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 97th minute of the match Silvester Pelc shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vern Devine showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.