Pre Game Injury: An Gearasdan (MM) on for the injured McGonagles at DF.
Merrylee Maestros                         Inter Postmen
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Rab Ma Hons               25  7  p     GK Lee Dwyer                 20  5  n
DF Haddington                22  7  n     SW Derek Craven              25  9  n
DF Forfar Road               21  7  n     DF Dan Gratch                21  5  n
DF An Gearasdan              17 10  n     DF Steve Ellul               19  5  n
MF Harry Bell-Scott          17  6  n     DF Victor Malchiodi          16  5  n
MF Tiree                     12 10  n     MF Gordon Krantz             19  5  n
MF Expensive Biscuits        12  8  n     MF Marcos Llorente            6 10  n
WG Govan Mbeki               20  4  d     WG Mike Holmes               25  5  n
WG Boaby Balcarres           19  6  d     WG Selby Akosa               20  8  n
FW Kelvin Dale               28  3  n     FW Sergio Gaviño            21  8  n
FW Mark Lightbody            26  7  n     FW Mono                      14 10  a

Min 0: Merrylee opens up with a 3-3-4 N while the Posties will play a 4-2-4 E.
Min 0: Today's referee is Mike McCurry (STRONG/LOOSE).
Min 3: Haddington (MM) pumps the ball back into a crowded box...
        ...Kelvin Dale rises at the back post...
        ...and powerfully heads the ball down but right at the sure-handed Lee Dwyer.
Min 4: Expensive Biscuits (MM) down the wing...
        ...he plays it across to Kelvin Dale...
        ...and the Scotsman knocks it in GOAL!!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the MAESTROS...
        ...score now: MM 1 - ITP 0
Min 4: The ball comes in to the area from Sergio Gaviño...
        ...he rattles it off Rab Ma Hons...
        ...Steve Ellul (ITP) tries his best to miss and does!
Min 5: Steve Ellul (ITP) takes off down the left...
        ...he outpaces the defense picks out Selby Akosa...
        ...who takes a shot but Rab Ma Hons had little trouble catching it. 
Min 7: Kelvin Dale (MM) tries a wildly ambitious effort from distance...
        ...which catches the goalkeeper Lee Dwyer napping GOAL!!!...
        ...Merrylee are looking strong now...
        ...score now: MM 2 - ITP 0
Min 9: Govan Mbeki (MM) gets a chance...
        ...he takes down the ball and smashes a shot on the spin...
        ...Lee Dwyer is beaten...
        ...but thankfully for Bristol he fired wide of the post.
Min 14: Harry Bell-Scott (MM) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but Victor Malchiodi (ITP) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 21: Cheeky back heel from Gordon Krantz to release Mike Holmes in the box...
        ...but the American is correctly ruled to have been off-side. 
Min 22: The ball breaks from a Steve Ellul tackle and lands in the path of Mark Lightbody (MM)...
        ...who drives into the box...
        ...Lee Dwyer palms Mark Lightbody's shot onto the post...
        ...but the ball is still bobbling around in the goalmouth...
        ...Govan Mbeki is there first to tap the ball home from about one yard out GOAL!!!...
        ...yet another one for Merrylee; Coach Stephen Williams is furious...
        ...score now: MM 3 - ITP 0
Min 25: With Merrylee so far forward a rare Bristol break sees Selby Akosa play a long diagonal pass for Mike Holmes...
        ...he has acres of space but has wandered off-side. 
Min 26: Mono (ITP) heads toward the goal...
        ...but instead of chancing his luck from a tight angle he plays it back to Victor Malchiodi...
        ...who manages to knock it towards the top corner...
        ...but Rab Ma Hons is there to make the save!
Min 26: Victor Malchiodi (ITP) is booked for a challenge on Mark Lightbody.
Min 28: Bristol break quickly with Gordon Krantz...
        ...he only has Rab Ma Hons to beat...
        ...great save by Rab Ma Hons but the ball falls to Steve Ellul...
        ...whose shot is smothered by the recovering Rab Ma Hons.
Min 29: Bristol's on the attack after Sergio Gaviño robs An Gearasdan...
        ...and he rolls a low cross to Mono...
        ...and Mono sidefoots low but Rab Ma Hons dives in to make the save.
Min 31: Boaby Balcarres (MM) finds Kelvin Dale steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but Derek Craven (ITP) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 32: Harry Bell-Scott (MM) finds Mark Lightbody...
        ...but he hesitates and Steve Ellul (ITP) is able to make the tackle.
Min 39: An Gearasdan loses the ball to Mono (ITP) on the right-hand side of the area...
        ...he takes it on and steers the coolest of shots at Rab Ma Hons%who makes a superb save.
Min 40: Mark Lightbody (MM) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Steve Ellul (ITP).
Min 41: Mike Holmes finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Rab Ma Hons palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Selby Akosa who heads the ball...
        ...but Haddington (MM) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 43: Merrylee's on the attack after Govan Mbeki robs Steve Ellul...
        ...and he rolls a low cross to Kelvin Dale...
        ...and Kelvin Dale sidefoots low but Lee Dwyer dives in to make the save.
Min 45: The Posties sit back and absorb pressure...
        ...before Boaby Balcarres's (MM) ball into the box is cut out by Dan Gratch (ITP).


HALFTIME SCORE: Merrylee 3 - Bristol 0

Min 47: Posties build down the left...
        ...Selby Akosa sends a cross to the middle...
        ...Gordon Krantz beats An Gearasdan to the ball...
        ...and hooks a left-footer past Rab Ma Hons but wide of the net.
Min 56: Kelvin Dale (MM) bends his shot past Lee Dwyer and inside the post....
        ...Excellent goal! ...
        ...Stephen Williams suggests to Lee Dwyer that he might want to dust off his resume...
        ...score now: MM 4 - ITP 0
Min 57: An Gearasdan gets overlapped by Sergio Gaviño (ITP)...
        ...who threads it to Victor Malchiodi...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of Rab Ma Hons.
Min 64: Selby Akosa (ITP) turns the ball back into the box...
        ...Mike Holmes peels off to the back post...
        ...and connects with a great header but its collected by Rab Ma Hons.
Min 66: Here it is..Harry Bell-Scott (MM) flicks on into the path of Kelvin Dale...
        ...who spins away from Steve Ellul...
        ...to lob over the advancing Lee Dwyer. GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for Merrylee; they are really pouring it on...
        ...score now: MM 5 - ITP 0
Min 66: Selby Akosa (ITP) picks up the loose ball...
        ...and slams a shot right at Rab Ma Hons who makes the save.
Min 69: Mono (ITP) nods the ball down for Mike Holmes on the edge of the box...
        ...Mike Holmes takes a heavy touch into the box...
        ...and Rab Ma Hons rushes of his line...
        ...Mike Holmes gets there first...
        ...but his chip is deflected out of danger by an alert Haddington (MM)!
Min 73: Victor Malchiodi (ITP) finds Selby Akosa steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but An Gearasdan (MM) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 74: Yellow card for Harry Bell-Scott (MM)...
        ...as Mono is brought down with a studs-up challenge 23 yards out.
Min 79: Govan Mbeki(MM) is stretchered off...
        ...The Fort (MM) on for Govan Mbeki at WG.
Min 79: Mono's (ITP) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Forfar Road (MM)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Rab Ma Hons.
Min 84: Expensive Biscuits opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Steve Ellul greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 87: Selby Akosa (ITP) heads toward the goal...
        ...but instead of chancing his luck from a tight angle he plays it back to Sergio Gaviño...
        ...who manages to knock it towards the top corner...
        ...but Rab Ma Hons is there to make the save!
Min 89: The Fort (MM) stops Sergio Gaviño as he flies down the wing...
        ...he won the ball but took the man...
        ...and gets a yellow card.
Min 90: Mono (ITP) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but Forfar Road (MM) muscles out the big striker before he can control.


FINAL SCORE: Merrylee 5 - Bristol 0


Man Of The Match: Rab Ma Hons (MM)

Merrylee Maestros
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Rab Ma Hons               25 25 25 11  2  p  0  9  0  0 90  9
DF Forfar Road               21 21 21 16  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Haddington                22 22 22 19  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF An Gearasdan              17 17 17 13  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Tiree                     12  9  9 12  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Expensive Biscuits        12  9  9 12  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Harry Bell-Scott          17 17 17 17  0  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
WG Govan Mbeki               20 25 25 18-11  d  0  0  1  2 79  6
WG Boaby Balcarres           19 23 23 17 -2  d  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG The Fort                  18 22 22 16  5  d  4  0  0  0 11  6
FW Mark Lightbody            26 26 26 26  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Kelvin Dale               28 28 28 28 -3  n  0  0  4  6 90  9

Inter Postmen
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Lee Dwyer                 20 20 20  9 -1  n  0  2  0  0 90  5
SW Derek Craven              25 25 25 17  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Victor Malchiodi          16 16 16 12 -1  n  4  0  0  2 90  6
DF Dan Gratch                21 21 21 16 -1  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Steve Ellul               19 19 19 15 -1  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
MF Gordon Krantz             19 19 19 17 -1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Marcos Llorente            6  6  6  5  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG Mike Holmes               25 25 25 22 -1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Selby Akosa               20 20 20 18  2  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
FW Sergio Gaviño            21 21 21 21  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Mono                      14 17 17 14  2  a  0  0  0  2 90  6

Statistics        MM ITP
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Halftime           3   0
Fulltime           5   0
Shots On Target    7   9
Shots              8  11
Saves              9   2
Offsides           0   2
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       2   1
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      59  65
Revenue           82  82

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1   MM  N  29.75 101.06 185.41 
  1  ITP  E  53.00  99.93 151.93 
 79   MM  N  29.75 101.06 181.06 

 Trainer's Report
Govan Mbeki (MM) has a concussion.
Mark Lightbody (MM) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Sergio Gaviño (ITP) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Lee Dwyer (ITP) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.