League

San Mattino
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mattias Dalby kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Danny Winstanley in the 9th minute of play forced Football Club Azkero's goalkeeper Vernon Millman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Iain Forrest hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brad Sanderson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Brownlow having to interfere. Danny Winstanley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Vernon Millman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Phil Leeson in the 25th minute of play forced Football Club Azkero's goalkeeper Vernon Millman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Danny Winstanley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 32 minutes, Mattias Dalby managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Football Club Azkero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mattias Dalby was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gloucester City's David Brownlow proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Gloucester City from getting a goal against them. Vernon Millman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Phil Leeson in the 36th minute of the match. Vernon Millman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danny Winstanley in the 38th minute of play. Gloucester City's David Brownlow played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattias Dalby in the 42nd minute of play. If Phil Leeson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Phil Leeson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mattias Dalby received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. David Brownlow tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Danny Winstanley 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. Phil Leeson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 62 minutes into the match, Football Club Azkero's Mattias Dalby sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that David Brownlow narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Phil Leeson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Brad Sanderson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Brownlow having to interfere. David Brownlow made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mattias Dalby in the 68th minute of play. After 68 minutes, Bart Toovey mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Football Club Azkero and the Gloucester City players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 68 played minutes Football Club Azkero got a freekick which was hit by Bart Toovey. Vernon Millman had great luck who in the 70thth minute grab hold of the ball when Phil Leeson from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 71st minute, Brad Sanderson 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. Football Club Azkero's Brad Sanderson got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Gloucester City's Austin Caine got a free kick in the 75th minute. A collision led to Gloucester City getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Austin Caine hit a great ball. Sol Bellamy took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for David Brownlow. Gloucester City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpected shot in the 81st minute by Phil Leeson got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After a defensive mix-up in Gloucester City's zone, Mattias Dalby stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Brownlow came out of the goal and Mattias Dalby tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. David Brownlow showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mattias Dalby in the 92nd minute of the match. Bart Toovey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Football Club Azkero's Vernon Millman got control of the ball when Danny Winstanley tried to sneak it across the goal line. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.