FMFA Leopard League, Hereford vs. Portsmouth (Tue Nov 22) Hereford | Portsmouth 4-4-2 P | 4-1-2-1-2 N Daniel Mason | Mike McLeod | M_Horsell GK | GK S_Fox K_Trippier DF | DF A_Webster J_Terry DF | DF K_Freeman J_Oates DF | DF D_Yedlin M_Kontic DF | DF C_Davies A_Olukanmi MF | DM B_Close R_Oxford MF | MF D_Hollands S_Sinclair MF | MF A_Barton S_Grant MF | AM M_Gradel J_Mills FW | FW W_Grigg P_Crouch FW | FW M_McNulty | H_Rivers SUB | SUB P_Jones R_Purdie SUB | SUB M_Clarke J_Edwards SUB | SUB A_McGurk M_Bundu SUB | SUB L_Syers M_Symons SUB | SUB H_Bradbury Min. 5 :(por) A_Barton sprints down the flank ... He threads the ball in to D_Yedlin ... D_Yedlin with a terrific drive ! ... M_Horsell guesses right Min. 6 :(por) A_Barton with a short pass to find M_Gradel ... A great volley from M_Gradel ! ... M_Horsell with an amazing dive to the bottom left ... How he got to that one I don't know ! Min. 8 :(por) M_Gradel finds the run of W_Grigg ... But J_Oates wins the tackle cleanly Min. 11 :(por) D_Yedlin with the header on ... He finds D_Hollands in space ... M_Kontic wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... B_Close lofts the ball in! ... A_Barton makes a firm connection with his head ... It floats over M_Horsell ... Its heading goal ward! ... But floats just over ... That was a great effort Min. 12 :(her) J_Oates picks out P_Crouch with the cross ... D_Yedlin makes the challenge and clears the ball Min. 12 :(por) K_Freeman with a probing through ball M_Gradel ... M_Gradel with his head down lets it go ! ... But it goes wide Min. 13 :(her) A_Olukanmi backtracks with the ball ... He hoofs the ball up field ... S_Sinclair gets on the end of it ... But A_Webster wins the ball from behind ... The crowd appeal but The Referee has none of it. Min. 14 :(her) A_Olukanmi punches D_Hollands off the ball ... The linesman is flagging ... He's been sent off!! ... RED CARD!! Min. 20 :(her) R_Oxford with the dribble ... C_Davies is easily beaten ... M_McNulty tugs on his opponent’s shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! ... He's in trouble here!! ... YELLOW CARD! ... FREE KICK ... It is deep inside there own half ... S_Sinclair floats it forward ... R_Oxford latches onto the end of it ... A vicious shot by R_Oxford ! ... It's just over! ... 9 times out of ten he would have scored that! Min. 23 :(por) W_Grigg runs forward ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... J_Terry pulls on his shirt ... He wins the ball ... The defender got away with the foul there! Min. 26 :(her) S_Grant with an intelligent ball to P_Crouch ... P_Crouch sees S_Fox off his line ! ... But S_Fox punches it away ... He was lucky to get to that one Min. 27 :(por) M_McNulty beats his man ... M_Kontic with an ugly foul ... That was a deliberate act that deserves punishment ... YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on Min. 27 :(por) D_Hollands with a glorious 60-yard pass to W_Grigg ... J_Terry plays it back ... M_Horsell slips!! ... It goes just wide ... CORNER! ... B_Close chips the ball in towards the far post! ... W_Grigg tries to place the shot! ... The net bulges! ... OH!! He has hit the side netting ... Goal kick given Min. 29 :(her) J_Mills with the dribble ... He's clean through ... The fans are on their feet ... J_Mills tries the shot ! ... But S_Fox tips it behind ... The Referee has given a goal kick ... Unbelievable ! Min. 30 :(por) M_Gradel curls the ball out wide to W_Grigg ... S_Grant is called for the holding foul ... Looked like a fair jump ... The referee got it wrong ... The ref shows him a YELLOW CARD!! ... He'll need to be careful from now on! Min. 30 :(por) D_Hollands with a smart pass to W_Grigg ... Wonderful sliding challenge by S_Sinclair Min. 31 :(por) C_Davies with a reverse pass to W_Grigg ... Good sliding challenge from J_Oates and it had to be Min. 33 :(her) S_Grant has the ball on the wing ... He takes it past K_Freeman ... He knocks it to P_Crouch! ... P_Crouch flicks the header toward the far post! ... He's giving bats everywhere a bad name with that miss! Min. 33 :(por) B_Close takes possession of the ball ... He plays the ball across to M_Gradel ... S_Grant with a bad challenge ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... That's his second ! Sent off ! ... He is furious with the referee! ... But his players drag him off! Min. 35 :(por) M_McNulty beats K_Trippier ... That was a quick burst of pace to set him free ... P_Crouch with the tackle ... That's got to be a yellow ... The Referee will just give him a speaking to Min. 35 :(por) W_Grigg swings at S_Sinclair ... The Referee has seen it! ... The Referee calls him over ... He's told to calm down ... Mike McLeod looks relieved Min. 37 :(her) R_Oxford with a superb first touch ... He sees a team mate making a run! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... S_Sinclair gets on the end of the pass ... But he loses control of it ... D_Yedlin belts it clear Min. 42 :(her) S_Sinclair kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... P_Crouch gets on the end of the pass ... P_Crouch hits it ... This one could go anywhere ! ... S_Fox falls over ... But the ball sails wide anyway! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Hereford 0-0 Portsmouth Min. 47 :(her) J_Mills knocks the ball past C_Davies ... D_Yedlin brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!!! Min. 50 :(por) A_Webster looks around for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to M_McNulty ... M_Kontic with a late tackle ... He certainly didn't mean it ... The Referee ignores the protests for a card ... Daniel Mason looks relieved Min. 55 :(her) R_Oxford brings the ball into the opposing area ... S_Sinclair makes himself available ... A great volley from S_Sinclair ! ... The shot takes a wicked deflection ... S_Fox dives desperately to try and save it!! ... He can't get to it! ... But it creeps just wide!! ... The deflection had S_Fox beaten! Min. 59 :(por) C_Davies puts in M_McNulty ... M_McNulty curls the ball in on goal ! ... Terrific shot ... It takes a bounce of the defender ... The deflection takes it just wide ... That's unlucky! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by M_Gradel! ... J_Terry heads it away Min. 60 :(por) Up goes the substitution board - L_Syers on for M_McNulty as a FW Min. 60 :(por) D_Hollands with a precise pass to C_Davies ... C_Davies curls the ball in on goal ! ... M_Horsell falls over ... He recovers to tip it onto the post! ... But it hits his back! ... GOAL !! ... Unlucky! ... The Portsmouth fans start to taunt him now! ... Lets see if Portsmouth can hang onto that lead! ... Hereford 0-1 Portsmouth ... Min. 61 :(por) Portsmouth will now play P Min. 64 :(her) J_Terry knocks it forward ... A_Webster slips ... P_Crouch gets to it! ... But he loses control of it ... D_Yedlin hits it out for a throw Min. 64 :(por) W_Grigg takes advantage of a mistake by M_Kontic ... Can he make them pay? ... R_Oxford reads the situation well and wins the ball Min. 65 :(por) There's going to be a change ... M_Clarke will come on for D_Yedlin and play DF Min. 66 :(por) W_Grigg finds his way through ... He has tremendous pace ... J_Terry takes the ball ... OOOHHHH!! ... He almost loses it straight away ... But he hits it clear! Min. 66 :(her) P_Crouch beats K_Freeman ... It looked like he pushed his marker ... "Play On!" Waves The Referee ... B_Close goes in with high feet!! ... That’s a poor tackle! ... He's lucky it wasn't more ... It’s just a warning Min. 73 :(her) S_Sinclair nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for the goal in mind! ... M_Clarke with the tackle ... There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge ... PENALTY !! Looked like a dive to me ... But The Referee has given it ... J_Mills will take it ... He sends S_Fox the wrong way ... Clinical Penalty ... GOAL!! ... That’s got Hereford back level! ... Hereford 1-1 Portsmouth... Min. 73 :(por) B_Close is on the ground ... He looks in agony ... He won't be able to continue! Min. 73 :(por) A_McGurk is ready to come on to replace B_Close ... Looks like he will play as a DM Min. 74 :(her) P_Crouch with a Cruyff turn ... P_Crouch lobs S_Fox! ... S_Fox gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 76 :(her) S_Sinclair jinks infield ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to M_Kontic ... M_Kontic tries to chip the ball over the keeper ! ... S_Fox can't get to it! ... OH! It has gone just over the bar! ... S_Fox makes a cocky smile ... Did he know that was going over? Min. 76 :(por) W_Grigg had to stretch to reach the pass ... Excellent sliding challenge from K_Trippier ... He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful Min. 77 :(her) M_Kontic controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the left! ... P_Crouch gets onto the end of the pass! ... P_Crouch hits a crisp volley! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? Min. 78 :(por) S_Fox looks in some pain ... He'll have to come off ... And they have used all of their substitutions Min. 78 :(por) W_Grigg has changed his position on the pitch to a GK Min. 85 :(por) C_Davies cuts inside the defender ... He sees a team mate in space ... He passes it to A_Webster ... A_Webster with the punt towards goal! ... But M_Horsell makes a comfortable save ... He gave the striker no chance Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 3 minutes of time to be added on Min. 89 :(her) J_Mills jumps over the defender's challenge ... The ball hits A_Webster in the face! ... And goes clear! Min. 92 :(her) A defence splitting pass from S_Sinclair to J_Mills ... C_Davies with the tackle ... That's got to be a yellow ... The Referee tells him to calm his game down a bit Min. 93 :(por) A_Barton looks around for support ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to L_Syers ... L_Syers keeps his head down as he hits the shot! ... M_Horsell narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Edgar Street ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hereford Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Mills Scorers : J_Mills (73 pen) Sent Off : A_Olukanmi (14), S_Grant (33) Booked : M_Kontic (27) Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : D_Hollands (Man of the Match) Scorers : C_Davies (60) Sent Off : N/A Booked : M_McNulty (20) Injured : B_Close (73), S_Fox (78) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hereford | Portsmouth Attempts on Goal : 10 | 9 Off target : 6 | 4 On target : 4 | 5 Possession : 39 | 61 Corners : 0 | 3 Red Cards : 2 | 0 Yellow Cards : 1 | 1 Subs Used : 0 | 3 Fouls : 10 | 9 Key Tackles : 9 | 6 Key Passes : 11 | 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Hereford 1 - 1 Portsmouth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Hereford Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Horsell GK 17 2 3 3 23 | 96 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 K_Trippier DF 2 21 4 2 23 | 96 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 J_Terry DF 2 20 1 1 24 | 96 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 10 0 J_Oates DF 2 20 10 2 22 | 96 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 10 0 M_Kontic DF 3 17 3 2 28 | 96 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 7 -2 A_Olukanmi MF 2 3 20 3 29 | 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -7 3 -7 R_Oxford MF 2 2 20 2 20 | 96 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 20 1 S_Sinclair MF 2 3 20 10 23 | 96 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 30 1 S_Grant MF 2 3 20 2 26 | 33 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -7 13 -7 J_Mills FW 2 3 2 19 25 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 P_Crouch FW 2 2 1 18 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 H_Rivers GK 16 2 3 3 26 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Purdie DF 1 16 3 1 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Edwards DF 1 16 10 3 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Bundu MF 2 3 20 10 24 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Symons FW 2 3 10 15 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Portsmouth Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Fox GK 20 2 3 3 25 | 81 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 A_Webster DF 1 18 10 3 24 | 96 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 10 3 K_Freeman DF 1 18 3 2 21 | 96 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 D_Yedlin DF 2 20 5 2 23 | 68 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 52 10 3 C_Davies DF 2 16 10 2 25 | 96 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 23 B_Close DM 2 10 19 3 21 | 76 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 D_Hollands MF 2 3 18 2 26 | 96 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 A_Barton MF 2 10 15 2 25 | 96 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 M_Gradel AM 2 3 20 7 24 | 96 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 W_Grigg GK 3 2 3 20 22 | 96 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 M_McNulty FW 2 3 2 18 25 | 63 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -3 -3 -2 P_Jones GK 16 2 3 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Clarke DF 3 18 3 2 28 | 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_McGurk DM 2 10 15 10 23 | 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Syers FW 2 3 2 16 21 | 33 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 H_Bradbury FW 2 3 10 16 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1479802412 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35