Albion Rovers                             Annan Athletic
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Gracie                    39  7  n     GK Wern Side                 32  8  n
SW Caleb Williams            23  8  d     SW Ever Rest                 25  7  n
DF Nick Bosa                 26  8  d     DF High-Cup Nick             29  7  a
DF Alan Archibald            25  5  d     DF A. Brasiliensis           29  7  a
DF Alan Hutton               21  8  d     DF Inis Pocket               26  6  n
MF Josh Allen                15  5  d     DF Sgurr Alasdair            25  7  n
MF Josh Jacobs               14  8  d     MF Epic Stan                 29  6  a
WG Grace                     33  5  d     MF Matter Horn               25  8  a
WG Ruby                      27  6  d     WG B. Cereus                 29  7  a
FW Devante Adams             36  7  d     FW Mownt Taranaki            37  7  a
FW Rubes                     29  7  d     FW L. Lactis                 33  7  a

Min 0: Albion opens up with a 4-2-4 E while the Athletic will play a 5-2-3 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is David Blair (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 1: Inis Pocket (ANN) starts marking Grace (ALB).
Min 1: Sgurr Alasdair (ANN) starts marking Ruby (ALB).
Min 1: Devante Adams almost penetrates Athletic's sheilds with a dazzling volley...
        ... a little more power and High-Cup Nick would have lost his well placed foot.?
Min 5: Covid mask needed to hide his face after that miss! A. Brasiliensis gets dummied by Rubes (ALB)...
        ...who passes it to Josh Jacobs...
        ...who blasts it high and wide.
Min 12: Epic Stan (ANN) seizes on a horrible clearance from the Scotsman keeper...
        ...finds A. Brasiliensis busting into the box...
        ...who shoots...
        ...and misses the right post by inches!
Min 13: Alan Hutton (ALB) enters the book for a word out of place to the referee. 
Min 21: Alan Archibald (ALB) turns the ball back into the box...
        ...Devante Adams peels off to the back post...
        ...and connects with a great header to breach Wern Side's goal...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Wee Rovers...
        ...score now: ALB 1 - ANN 0
Min 22: Rubes (ALB) seizes on a horrible clearance from the Englishman keeper...
        ...finds Josh Jacobs busting into the box...
        ...who shoots...
        ...saved by Wern Side!
Min 25: Superb sliding block by Caleb Williams (ALB) denies Epic Stan a sure goal...
        ...after great work from L. Lactis in the Albion box.
Min 27: Josh Jacobs (ALB) crashes into Epic Stan and is yellow carded.
Min 31: Alan Hutton makes a hash in defense...
        ...under pressure form Mownt Taranaki (ANN)...
        ...and Epic Stan collects the ball on the edge of the box...
        ...the Englishman smashes the ball past Gracie ...
        ...and into the billowing net. GOAL!...
        ...Annan draw level....
        ...score now: ALB 1 - ANN 1
Min 34: Devante Adams (ALB) hits a sweet half-volley...
        ...into the far corner of the net.  GOAL!...
        ...Why oh why has defender gone to the referee to complain...
        ...the Albion side are up...
        ...score now: ALB 2 - ANN 1
Min 43: Devante Adams (ALB) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Ever Rest (ANN).
Min 45: Deion Sanders  on for Alan Archibald(DF)...
        ...Deion Sanders  will play DF.
Min 45: Hector Bellerin on for Josh Allen(MF)...
        ...Hector Bellerin will play MF.


HALFTIME SCORE: Albion 2 - Annan 1

Min 46: Albion break quickly with Deion Sanders ...
        ...he only has Wern Side to beat...
        ...great save by Wern Side but the ball falls to Devante Adams...
        ...who slots the ball into the vacant net. GOAL!!!!!...
        ...Albion are looking strong now...
        ...score now: ALB 3 - ANN 1
Min 47: Gracie  makes a grave error against Annan...
        ...he comes out to claim, misses it...
        ...but Mownt Taranaki amazingly hits the side post and it rebounds into the arms of Gracie .
Min 47: Nick Bosa again leads the break for Albion...
        ...A. Brasiliensis (ANN) brings him down and is booked 
Min 49: Deion Sanders  (ALB) stops B. Cereus as he flies down the wing...
        ...he won the ball but took the man...
        ...and gets a yellow card.
Min 51: Mownt Taranaki finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Gracie  palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Matter Horn who heads the ball...
        ...and it is collected by Gracie  for the save.
Min 55: B. Cereus (ANN) passes a great ball to Mownt Taranaki...
        ...whose low shot across goal is parried by Wee Rovers keeper Gracie ...
        ...who then falls on it for the save.
Min 58: Alan Hutton (ALB) rides a challenge in midfield...
        ...flicks the ball through the Annan defense to Devante Adams...
        ...who races towards goal...
        ...Wern Side rushes off his line and Devante Adams slots the ball around him...
        ...off the post and back into the hands of Wern Side!
Min 59: Alan Hutton gets overlapped by Mownt Taranaki (ANN)...
        ...who threads it to Matter Horn...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of Gracie .
Min 64: Alan Hutton (ALB) will have to go...
        ...that's his 2nd yellow...
        ...how could he be so stupid to make such a silly challenge?
Min 67: Nick Bosa's (ALB) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Ever Rest (ANN)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Wern Side.
Min 67: Matter Horn (ANN) finds L. Lactis...
        ...but he hesitates and Deion Sanders  (ALB) is able to make the tackle.
Min 67: Mownt Taranaki (ANN) brings down Rubes...
        ...and receive a yellow card for his offense.
Min 68: Deion Sanders (ALB) limps off the pitch...
        ...Hunter Renfrow  (ALB) on for Deion Sanders  at DF.
Min 68: High-Cup Nick (ANN) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but Caleb Williams (ALB) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 70: A. Brasiliensis gets overlapped by Devante Adams (ALB)...
        ...who threads it to Rubes...
        ...who slips it into the back of the net! GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for Albion; Coach Daniel Fitzgerald is furious...
        ...score now: ALB 4 - ANN 1
Min 71: Mownt Taranaki (ANN) takes off down the left...
        ...he outpaces the defense picks out Epic Stan...
        ...who takes a shot but Gracie  had little trouble catching it. 
Min 72: Ruby volleys a powerful shot from the right...
        ...Wern Side gets a touch but can't stop it...
        ...but his touch causes it to drift out of danger.
Min 73: Cheeky back heel from Ruby to release Rubes in the box...
        ...but the Scotsman is flagged to have been off-side.  Calls for VAR in SESL? 
Min 75: Hunter Renfrow  finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Wern Side palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Rubes who heads the ball...
        ...but High-Cup Nick (ANN) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 81: Mownt Taranaki (ANN) nods the ball down for L. Lactis on the edge of the box...
        ...L. Lactis takes a heavy touch into the box...
        ...and Gracie  rushes of his line...
        ...L. Lactis gets there first...
        ...but his chip is deflected out of danger by an alert Hunter Renfrow  (ALB)!
Min 87: Ever Rest (ANN) is booked for a challenge on Rubes.
Min 89: L. Lactis (ANN) hits a thunderbolt strike...
        ...luckily for Albion Gracie  is in the right spot to make the save.
Min 89: L. Lactis (ANN) hacks down Devante Adams and is rightly booked.
Min 90: Mownt Taranaki opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Caleb Williams greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?


FINAL SCORE: Albion 4 - Annan 1


Man Of The Match: Devante Adams (ALB)

Albion Rovers
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Gracie                    39 39 39 17  1  n  0  6  0  0 90  8
SW Caleb Williams            23 28 28 16  0  d  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Nick Bosa                 26 32 32 20  0  d  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Alan Archibald            25 31 31 20  1  d  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Alan Hutton               21 26 26 16  2  d 10  0  0  0 64  6
DF Hunter Renfrow            20 15 15 18  6  d  0  0  0  0 22  6
DF Deion Sanders             18 22 22 14  3  d  4  0  0  0 23  6
MF Josh Allen                15 18 18 13  1  d  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Josh Jacobs               14 17 17 12  0  d  4  0  0  2 90  6
MF Hector Bellerin           17 21 21 15  0  d  0  0  0  0 45  6
WG Ruby                      27 33  8 24 -2  d  0  0  0  1 90  6
WG Grace                     33 41 15 29 -3  d  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Rubes                     29 36 36 29 -1  d  0  0  1  1 90  6
FW Devante Adams             36 45 45 36 -1  d  0  0  3  4 90  8

Annan Athletic
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Wern Side                 32 32 32 14  2  n  0  3  0  0 90  6
SW Ever Rest                 25 25 25 17  1  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
DF Inis Pocket               26 26  0 20  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Sgurr Alasdair            25 25  0 22  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF High-Cup Nick             29 36 36 23 -1  a  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF A. Brasiliensis           29 36 36 23 -1  a  4  0  0  1 90  5
MF Matter Horn               25 31 31 22  0  a  0  0  0  2 90  6
MF Epic Stan                 29 36 36 26 -2  a  0  0  1  2 90  6
WG B. Cereus                 29 36 36 26 -1  a  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW L. Lactis                 33 41 41 33 -1  a  4  0  0  1 90  6
FW Mownt Taranaki            37 46 46 37 -1  a  4  0  0  1 90  6

Statistics       ALB ANN
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Halftime           2   1
Fulltime           4   1
Shots On Target    7   7
Shots              8   8
Saves              6   3
Offsides           1   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       4   4
Red Cards          1   0
Avg SL% Used      65  75
Revenue           85  85

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  ALB  E  72.50 181.04 212.14 
  1  ANN  N  61.00 154.37 217.02 
 46  ALB  E  68.00 173.54 211.39 
 65  ALB  E  55.00 147.54 204.89 
 68  ALB  E  56.50 150.54 205.64 
 69  ALB  E  51.50 140.54 203.14 

 Trainer's Report
ALB paid 120k for a Home Bonus of 40.
Deion Sanders  (ALB) suffered a thigh bruise.
Hector Bellerin (ALB) was awarded a Captain's Bonus.
Caleb Williams (ALB) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Deion Sanders  (ALB) only played 23 minutes and could not be trained.
Josh Jacobs (ALB) was booked today, and now has 12 DP.
    He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).
Alan Hutton (ALB) was sent off today, and now has 10 DP.
    He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).