U21 League

The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Liam Durrant showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Soares, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After 7 minutes Staffordshire Terrier FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marcus Soares who took care of the corner kick. Seth Sugden might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Liam Durrant. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Seth Sugden ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 11th minute Tristram Gower shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Mitchell saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tristram Gower received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thomas Mitchell came out and tried to block the shot, but Tristram Gower slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 13th minute. In the 15th minute Seth Sugden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Liam Durrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thomas Mitchell took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Graham Long, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Staffordshire Terrier FC's Thomas Mitchell threw himself towards the right post 26 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tristram Gower, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Harchester United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marcus Soares in the 29th minute. Thomas Mitchell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tristram Gower, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After some careless play in the Staffordshire Terrier FC defense, Den Vaughn kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Liam Durrant. The Staffordshire Terrier FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Liam Durrant should have stopped the shot. If Les Howard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After a rather tough play, Harchester United's Ted Postolan got a free kick in the 51st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Toby Boyce during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Harchester United made a substitution. Robert Saville replaced Jonathan Nightingale. Jonny Chilton hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Liam Durrant proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Staffordshire Terrier FC from getting a goal against them. Darren Vaughan's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Liam Durrant skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Graham Long kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darren Vaughan in the 77th minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Liam Durrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Seth Sugden's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Liam Durrant was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Liam Durrant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marcus Soares in the 82nd minute. 84 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Seth Sugden came free, but Liam Durrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brian Gibbons blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thomas Mitchell having to make a save.