September 25, 2005, 04:56:07 am 
Date: 25/09/2005 at 04.00
MatchID: 52711681
Arena: Shibby Hotspurs Arena
Crowd: 2184
Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2184 to Shibby Hotspurs Arena. Hotspurs tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Parkes - Latham, Smale, Kasnaferis, Palfrey - Atyeo, Burton, Thomas, Nash - Chan, Hurst.
Shining had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Lineup: Badham - Smith, Fosdyke, Kewell, Otomo, Spruce - Paut, Pearce, Brabham - Buckler, Wedderburn.
A well placed corner kick from Juan Paut was followed by Nathan Buckler?s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Shining. The result now 0-1. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 10th minute Shining goal, making it 0 - 2. Chester Fosdyke was noted down as the scorer. By now Shining were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 2. Shining held the ball, with a clear 52 percent possession rate.
Shining?s Allan Pearce made it through the home teams defence in the 55th minute, and had only to place the ball in an unguarded goal when the home side?s defender sprang up from the left, clearing the ball on the line. Shining came close to extending their lead as Mitchell Wedderburn delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Shining's Tatsuhito Otomo got himself booked. Shining held the ball, with a clear 66 percent possession rate.
The most dominating Hotspurs player was without a doubt Daryl Palfrey. Josh Chan on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Shining player was without a doubt Chester Fosdyke. Trent Kewell was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.
