Official Cup

Fat Albert Arena
Spectators: 177 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 41, VIP seats: 3) After a rather tough play, FC Soldeu's Charlie Berry got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute, Darren Blewitt made a precise shot to the right of Nathan Pringle. Stamford United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Richard Jennings hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Stewart Endean blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alf Ploughman having to make a save. Kurt Milton received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nathan Pringle came out and tried to block the shot, but Kurt Milton slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 12th minute. Harry Blake kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd match minute, Stamford United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fred Cooke to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the game, Stamford United's Stewart Endean nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Alf Ploughman made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. In the 30th minute Harry Blake shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alf Ploughman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 played minutes FC Soldeu got a freekick which was hit by Damien Fowler. FC Soldeu's Alf Ploughman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stewart Endean in the 34th minute of play. Nathan Pringle made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gary Delaney in the 37th minute. Kurt Milton charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kurt Milton the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play.

FC Soldeu's Alf Ploughman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harry Blake in the 52nd minute of play. Alf Ploughman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stewart Endean went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. After 57 played minutes FC Soldeu got a freekick which was hit by Gary Delaney. A collision led to FC Soldeu getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Richard Jennings hit a great ball. Alf Ploughman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Cooke in the 65th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Harry Blake took a quick shot and it went in 4-3 without a chance for Alf Ploughman to make any attempt to save it. If Stewart Endean had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th match minute, FC Soldeu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kurt Milton to maneuver through the defense. 80 minutes into the game, FC Soldeu's Damien Fowler nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nathan Pringle made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-3. After a rather tough play, Stamford United's Nathan Woodcock got a free kick in the 88th minute. In the 92nd minute, Damien Fowler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nathan Pringle was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-3. There was no doubt that FC Soldeu were the better team. FC Soldeu's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.