League

New Trafford
Spectators: 5016 (Terracing: 4003, Seating: 1003, VIP seats: 10) Manchester Unity's Rueben Bramble started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, Nottingham Drillerz's Joe Froggatt made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Donny Ellerton was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 7th minute, Rueben Bramble 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. In the 11th minute, Peter Neville left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nottingham Drillerz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 15th minute Peter Neville shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donny Ellerton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joe Froggatt in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Donny Ellerton saved Manchester Unity from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rueben Mawson in the 26th minute of play forced Manchester Unity's goalkeeper Donny Ellerton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Joe Froggatt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nottingham Drillerz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joe Froggatt during the 34th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Manchester Unity booed when Nottingham Drillerz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joe Froggatt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Donny Ellerton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Neville, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Rueben Bramble fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zack Gough having to interfere. Donny Ellerton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Neville in the 41st minute of the match. In the 47th minute Peter Neville shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donny Ellerton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rueben Mawson to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Nottingham Drillerz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kasey Venables to maneuver through the defense. Donny Ellerton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rueben Mawson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Rueben Mawson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Donny Ellerton. That made the score 0-4 in the 60 minute of play. In the 67th minute, Geoff Clegg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 69 minutes into the match, Peter Neville dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Donny Ellerton, 0-5. In the 73rd minute Rueben Mawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donny Ellerton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geoff Clegg charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Geoff Clegg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 74 played minutes Manchester Unity got a freekick which was hit by Geoff Clegg. A collision led to Manchester Unity getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Jerry Hardcastle hit a great ball. Rueben Mawson in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Donny Ellerton, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Donny Ellerton didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nottingham Drillerz's Joe Froggatt shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. Nottingham Drillerz's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.