League

Rickmansworth
Spectators: 8583 (Terracing: 6438, Seating: 1974, VIP seats: 171) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nat Porter made the kick off which started today's match. Reuben Reid was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vince Digby showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 2 minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 8th minute by Codrin Şelaru got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Barry Foreman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chaz Linkletter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes into the game, Codrin Şelaru recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Reuben Reid. Codrin Şelaru showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. 16 minutes into the game, Ryan Barnfield was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Beckford's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rickmansworth the free kick. After a rather tough play, Beckford's Ryan Barnfield got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 26th minute of the match Rickmansworth got a corner. Beckford's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Felipe Maura ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Rickmansworth's corner Felipe Maura fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Reuben Reid quite easily take care of the ball. Samuel Löfskog could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Reuben Reid made a huge save. After 28 minutes of play, Rickmansworth's Samuel Löfskog made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reuben Reid was left in no man's land by his defense there! Reuben Reid came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Rickmansworth's Codrin Şelaru. But to his dismay, Codrin Şelaru quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. 36 minutes in the game, Vince Digby dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Codrin Şelaru took a quick shot and it went in 5-0 without a chance for Reuben Reid to make any attempt to save it. Samuel Löfskog hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Codrin Şelaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reuben Reid having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind Beckford's goalkeeper Reuben Reid, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Codrin Şelaru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Reuben Reid tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Samuel Löfskog came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Rickmansworth 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 Samuel Löfskog couldn't finish the play. 71 minutes into the match, Rickmansworth's goal looked a bit too open when Nat Porter came free, but Barry Foreman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Beckford's Isaac Hinshelwood got a free kick in the 74th minute. Felipe Maura was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Rickmansworth's Vince Digby sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Reuben Reid narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 78 played minutes Rickmansworth got a freekick which was hit by Codrin Şelaru. In the 79th minute, Chaz Linkletter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute Codrin Şelaru shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Reuben Reid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Codrin Şelaru notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Beckford's Reuben Reid. Reuben Reid was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 88 minutes of play, Rickmansworth's Vince Digby made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reuben Reid was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Rickmansworth fans' excitement grew in the 91st match minute when Rickmansworth's Codrin Şelaru looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 9-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the referee ended the match the Rickmansworth players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.