League

Barking
Spectators: 7432 (Terracing: 5575, Seating: 1709, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Harvey Rowling got the match started through his kick off. Hectic United's Harvey Rowling got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, Hectic United's Rhys Attwood sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eddie Gurney narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eddie Gurney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rhys Attwood in the 16th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Daniel Osmond had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eddie Gurney. Barking's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Osmond was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Barking's Jacob Marler got a free kick in the 24th minute. Rhys Attwood fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddie Gurney having to interfere. Rhys Attwood charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rhys Attwood the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rhys Attwood kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Barking's Eddie Gurney played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harvey Rowling in the 30th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Barking's Jacob Marler got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jacob Marler to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Jacob Marler was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Barking's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hectic United the free kick. A collision led to Barking getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Jacob Marler hit a great ball. Rhys Attwood's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eddie Gurney firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Harvey Rowling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Osmond recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Harvey Rowling's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddie Gurney was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. With his leg Eddie Gurney managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when Hectic United's Rhys Attwood fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 69 minutes into the match, Harvey Rowling had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eddie Gurney. Barking's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Harvey Rowling was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Harvey Rowling fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddie Gurney having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harvey Rowling in the 82nd minute of play forced Barking's goalkeeper Eddie Gurney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eddie Gurney stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Harvey Rowling's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Harvey Rowling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Eddie Gurney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 93 minutes into the game, Hectic United's Rhys Attwood nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eddie Gurney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Hectic United's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.