Official Cup

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) CJ Townsley made the kick off and thus started the match. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Christos Dimitrakos got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Esad Vidić made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christos Dimitrakos in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the game, one of Birstall Bombers:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After 15 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Dominik Smith. In the 16th minute, Keith Trotter 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. Christos Dimitrakos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esad Vidić having to interfere. A collision led to The Handsome Wizards UTD getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Dominik Smith hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Birstall Bombers's Paulinho de Sena got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Christos Dimitrakos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Esad Vidić made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho de Sena in the 29th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christos Dimitrakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Birstall Bombers's Esad Vidić got control of the ball when Christos Dimitrakos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sam Clifford fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luke Hollingsworth having to interfere. A collision led to Birstall Bombers getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Brynn Frost hit a great ball. Rufus Morgan kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Brynn Frost to make the kick off. After 53 minutes, Jefferson Lloyd mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Handsome Wizards UTD and the Birstall Bombers players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 54 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Timmins. Luke Hollingsworth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Keith Trotter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, Christos Dimitrakos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Esad Vidić. Birstall Bombers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christos Dimitrakos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Filiberto Benitez hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. If Paulinho de Sena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 66 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for The Handsome Wizards UTD! Len Hird sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. CJ Townsley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Esad Vidić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from CJ Townsley, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Luke Hollingsworth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Clifford in the 99th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. The Handsome Wizards UTD had played much better football throughout.