League

Horndean Park
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Brian Rose took the kick off in the first half of the match. Horndean's Darren Boulton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Mortimer in the 3rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Brian Rose's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Darren Boulton was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. In the 19th match minute, Gainsborough FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tristan Routledge to maneuver through the defense. Darren Boulton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brian Rose, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Darren Boulton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Phil Ploughman in the 24th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Brian Rose managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gainsborough FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Brian Rose was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Darren Boulton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rio Abbotts's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Darren Boulton read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. The supporters of Gainsborough FC booed when Horndean was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cliff McAleese didn't get a good kick on the ball. 30 minutes into the game, Rio Abbotts cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Darren Boulton was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Brian Rose sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute, Cliff McAleese hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the game, Brian Rose cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Darren Boulton was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Brian Rose fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darren Boulton having to interfere. The supporters of Gainsborough FC booed when Horndean was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cliff McAleese didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Rio Abbotts hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Brian Rose fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Darren Boulton was out of position in the 59 minute of play, and Brian Rose capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Brian Rose really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Rio Abbotts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Brian Rose fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darren Boulton having to interfere. Brian Rose scored 0-4 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Darren Boulton , who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 76 minutes into the match, Phil Ploughman dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Darren Boulton , 0-5. Darren Boulton made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Rio Abbotts sent off a good shot on target. Brian Rose had several of the Horndean's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 82 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-6 score and a disappointed Darren Boulton as he didn't even see the shot coming. Alex Mortimer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Horndean's Darren Boulton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brian Rose in the 90th minute of play. Tristan Routledge sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jamal Beattie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle sounded Gainsborough FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Horndean.