Official Cup

Grasmere Fields
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rodd Watson started the match with the kick off. Rupert Floyd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Iwanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Ryszard Iwanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rupert Floyd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Ryszard Iwanowski put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rupert Floyd. Caco Azevedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rodd Watson in the 11th minute. In the 21stth minute of the game Ryszard Iwanowski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Harlow AFC's Rupert Floyd was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. SORRISO E. C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gil Cearense in the 22nd minute. The corner ended in Gil Cearense almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Harlow AFC's Rupert Floyd did a great save. Rupert Floyd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Iwanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. SORRISO E. C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gil Cearense in the 24th minute. After taking down the ball on SORRISO E. C.'s corner Gil Cearense fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rupert Floyd quite easily take care of the ball. Caco Azevedo made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Rodd Watson sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ryszard Iwanowski in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rupert Floyd prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 35th match minute, SORRISO E. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Natanael de Medeiros to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ryszard Iwanowski made a kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ryan Burgess during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Harlow AFC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Ryan Burgess hit a great ball. In the 58th minute, Ryszard Iwanowski 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. Harlow AFC's Ryan Burgess got his second yellow card of the match in the 61st minute. The referee ordered Ryan Burgess off the ground. Ryszard Iwanowski spun around in front of the goal 67 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Harlow AFC's goal. After 74 minutes, Bill Bayliff mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Harlow AFC and the SORRISO E. C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Harlow AFC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Bill Bayliff hit a great ball. With a little luck, Harlow AFC's Rupert Floyd got control of the ball when Ryszard Iwanowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Ryszard Iwanowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ash Munroe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute of the game, Steve Tubbs landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. 87 minutes into the game, Gil Cearense was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SORRISO E. C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Harlow AFC the free kick. Harlow AFC's Eric Connell was substituted for Steve Tubbs. Gil Cearense kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fábio Luz during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Fábio Luz kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ryszard Iwanowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rupert Floyd was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Ryszard Iwanowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rupert Floyd was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.