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Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 50) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicky Marenghi made the kick off which started today's match. Johnathan Featherstone charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Johnathan Featherstone the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th match minute, Biggin Hi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johnathan Featherstone to maneuver through the defense. Shane Townsley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jason Spacey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 10th minute Nicky Marenghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jason Spacey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lewis Linford during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lewis Linford hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Deon Ellerton got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Shane Townsley scored 1-0 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jason Spacey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Tyler Notley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jools Searle charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jools Searle the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Biggin Hi's Jason Spacey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Biggin Hi from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Biggin Hi's Johnathan Featherstone got a free kick in the 24th minute. Shane Townsley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jason Spacey having to interfere. Nicky Marenghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jason Spacey having to interfere. Deon Ellerton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Biggin Hi's defense didn't have a chance, in the 37th minute, when Shane Townsley scored to the left of an out of position Jason Spacey, making the score, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shane Townsley in the 40th minute of play forced Biggin Hi's goalkeeper Jason Spacey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jason Spacey was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nicky Marenghi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 45 minute of play.

The wind increased when Jools Searle made the kick off in the second half. Lewis Linford was shown his second yellow card after 51 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Biggin Hi getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Lewis Linford hit a great ball. A collision led to Biggin Hi getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Stewart Warden hit a great ball. 57 minutes into the match, Biggin Hi's goal looked a bit too open when Nicky Marenghi came free, but Jason Spacey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Biggin Hi's Jason Spacey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deon Ellerton in the 58th minute of play. After 64 minutes of play, Manchester Devils's Shane Townsley made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jason Spacey was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shane Townsley in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jason Spacey saved Biggin Hi from getting behind. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Biggin Hi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Shane Townsley was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester Devils's players had a chance to rest. Nat Turner tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Jason Spacey. An unnecessary self made goal, 6-0 in the 70th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Biggin Hi's zone, Nicky Marenghi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jason Spacey came out of the goal and Nicky Marenghi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tyler Notley might have been able to make a better finish in the 75th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jason Spacey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tyler Notley ran back to his position shaking his head. Tyler Notley scored 7-0 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jason Spacey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 82 minutes of play, Manchester Devils's Shane Townsley made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jason Spacey was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute, Shane Townsley ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jason Spacey was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Jason Spacey didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Shane Townsley went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 10-0 was the resulting score. 96 minutes into the match, Biggin Hi's goal looked a bit too open when Nicky Marenghi came free, but Jason Spacey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Manchester Devils fully deserved thier win.