League

Lisbon
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gregg Ferrell made the kick off which started today's match. James Woods received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Dwayne Bradshaw tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Barry Pringle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 9 minutes into the game, Dean Crow was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lisbon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Woodbury Heights the free kick. A collision led to Lisbon getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Dean Crow hit a great ball. Jamar Cesario's late challenge caught a Woodbury Heights's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jamar Cesario helped the player get up and apologised. Jamar Cesario kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Nelson Shultz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dwayne Bradshaw having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ron Matthews got free with Theodore Lunsford in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. James Woods recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Woodbury Heights defense, Aldo Shepherd kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Theodore Lunsford. The Woodbury Heights fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Theodore Lunsford should have stopped the shot. Nelson Shultz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Gregg Ferrell came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Woodbury Heights fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gregg Ferrell couldn't finish the play. Dean Crow got in the 36th minute the ball and tried a long shot which scored to the left of Theodore Lunsford and thus it was 3-0. 39 minutes into the match, Gregg Ferrell notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Lisbon's Dwayne Bradshaw. Dwayne Bradshaw was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Aldo Shepherd sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Theodore Lunsford made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aldo Downing in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aldo Downing stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. George Friend fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dwayne Bradshaw having to interfere. When James Woods came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Woodbury Heights fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that James Woods couldn't finish the play. If Gregg Ferrell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Theodore Lunsford made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aldo Shepherd in the 64th minute of play. In the 70th minute, Aldo Downing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Theodore Lunsford was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. After a defensive mix-up in Lisbon's zone, Gregg Ferrell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dwayne Bradshaw came out of the goal and Gregg Ferrell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nelson Shultz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dwayne Bradshaw showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Barry Pringle, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Woodbury Heights's George Friend got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Jamar Cesario was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 95 minutes had been played. In the 96th minute, Jamar Cesario hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Woodbury Heights's Barry Pringle got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.