Edinburgh City                            Alloa Athletic
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Phil Parkes               19 10  n     GK Ashley Roe                26  7  p
SW Franco Baresi             20  8  n     DF John Fraser               24  5  p
DF Tony Gayle                25  5  n     DF Mason Howarth             19  9  n
DF Fraser Burns              19  6  n     DF Mike Dean                 17  7  n
DF Alex NZiland              10 10  n     DF Craig Howie               13 10  n
DF Billy Bonds                6  8  n     MF Tony Slater               27  7  n
MF Calum Mackay              25  8  n     MF Andy Graham               27  8  n
MF Jamie Taggart             19  7  n     MF Joseph Jacobssen          27  7  n
MF Ronnie Boyce              17  7  n     MF Max Headroom              26  8  n
MF Craig Slater              11  8  n     MF Bernard Gallacher         19  5  n
FW Frank McAvennie           27  6  n     FW Keiron Offord             22  9  n

Min 0: Edinburgh opens up with a 5-4-1 O while the Allowegians will play a 4-5-1 B.
Min 0: Today's referee is Michael Fant (HOMER/LOOSE).
Min 1: Billy Bonds (EDI) starts marking Keiron Offord (ALO).
Min 1: John Fraser (ALO) starts marking Frank McAvennie (EDI).
Min 1: Craig Howie (ALO) starts marking Jamie Taggart (EDI).
Min 1: Mason Howarth (ALO) starts marking Calum Mackay (EDI).
Min 10: Period of head tennis in the middle of the pitch...
        ...finally a ball is played along the ground towards Joseph Jacobssen (ALO)...
        ...but the impressive Alex NZiland (EDI) is able to get the ball back to Phil Parkes.
Min 13: The ball breaks from a Mason Howarth tackle and lands in the path of Alex NZiland (EDI)...
        ...who drives into the box...
        ...Ashley Roe palms Alex NZiland's shot onto the post...
        ...but the ball is still bobbling around in the goalmouth...
        ...Ashley Roe falls on it.
Min 14: Great tackle by Mike Dean (ALO)...
        ...to prevent Alex NZiland (EDI) from latching onto Fraser Burns's pass. 
Min 14: Max Headroom (ALO) knocks the ball in from the left wing...
        ...an emphatic finish for Tony Slater with a half volley on the penalty area...
        ...but its just knocked wide by Phil Parkes.
Min 21: Bernard Gallacher (ALO) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Joseph Jacobssen but it evades him...
        ...Phil Parkes missed it too but luckily for Edinburgh it drifts wide.
Min 21: Mike Dean (ALO) lunges in at Alex NZiland with studs showing...
        ...and catches the Edinburgh man's standing leg and is in trouble...
        ...as a host of Edinburgh players look to confront Mike Dean...
        ...the referee guards the Edinburgh man for his own protection...
        ...the foul was a bad one and Mike Dean rightly recieves the yellow card.
Min 32: Craig Slater (EDI) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Mike Dean (ALO).
Min 39: Keiron Offord (ALO) knocks the ball in from the left wing...
        ...an emphatic finish for Tony Slater with a half volley in the penalty area...
        ... finished just like Torres at his peak...
        ...GOAL!!!...
        ...it's a lead that Steve Turner's side deserve - can they add to it before the break?...
        ...score now: EDI 0 - ALO 1
Min 39: Max Headroom (ALO) foolishly trips Ronnie Boyce for a yellow card and ref says haud yer weesht and get oan wae the game ya numpty.
Min 43: Tony Gayle's (EDI) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Mike Dean (ALO)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Ashley Roe.
Min 43: Bernard Gallacher (ALO) pumps the ball back into a crowded box...
        ...Andy Graham rises at the back post...
        ...and powerfully heads the ball down but right at the sure-handed Phil Parkes.
Min 45: Len Dalton on for Tony Gayle(DF)...
        ...Len Dalton will play DF.
Min 45: Paolo Maldini on for Fraser Burns(DF)...
        ...Paolo Maldini will play DF.
Min 45: Tony Cottee on for Frank McAvennie(FW)...
        ...Tony Cottee will play FW.


HALFTIME SCORE: Edinburgh 0 - Alloa Athletic 1

Min 46: John Fraser (ALO) stops marking Frank McAvennie (EDI).
Min 46: Mike Dean (ALO) starts marking Tony Cottee (EDI).
Min 47: Edinburgh give the ball away in midfield...
        ...Keiron Offord (ALO) takes over for Alloa Athletic...
        ...he drives inside and slips the ball through the defense for Tony Slater...
        ...the American evades a challenge...
        ...and hammers the ball right at Phil Parkes who makes the save!
Min 62: Bernard Gallacher (ALO) turns the ball back into the box...
        ...Joseph Jacobssen peels off to the back post...
        ...and connects with a great header but its collected by Phil Parkes.
Min 67: The Allowegians sit back and absorb pressure...
        ...before Franco Baresi's (EDI) ball into the box is cut out by John Fraser (ALO).
Min 74: Andy Graham(ALO) limps off the pitch...
        ...Luke Rankin (ALO) on for Andy Graham at MF.
Min 74: The ball breaks from a Alex NZiland tackle and lands in the path of Max Headroom (ALO)...
        ...who drives into the box...
        ...Phil Parkes palms Max Headroom's shot onto the post...
        ...but the ball is still bobbling around in the goalmouth...
        ...Tony Slater is there first to tap the ball home from about one yard out GOAL!!!...
        ...Alloa Athletic are looking strong now...
        ...score now: EDI 0 - ALO 2
Min 75: Ronnie Boyce (EDI) finds Paolo Maldini...
        ...but he hesitates and John Fraser (ALO) is able to make the tackle.
Min 78: Ronnie Boyce almost penetrates Allowegians's sheilds with a dazzling volley...
        ... a little more power and John Fraser would have lost his well placed foot.?
Min 79: Phil Parkes (EDI) slides in late on Luke Rankin...
        ...and that has to be a booking for the Englishman. 
Min 83: Alex NZiland gets overlapped by Max Headroom (ALO)...
        ...who threads it to Tony Slater...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of Phil Parkes.
Min 88: Len Dalton (EDI) finds Ronnie Boyce steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but John Fraser (ALO) is there to make a key tackle.


FINAL SCORE: Edinburgh 0 - Alloa Athletic 2


Man Of The Match: Tony Slater (ALO)

Edinburgh City
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Phil Parkes               19 19 19  8  4  n  4  5  0  0 90  6
SW Franco Baresi             20 20 20 14  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Fraser Burns              19 19 19 17  3  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Billy Bonds                6  6  0  4  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Tony Gayle                25 25 25 20  2  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Alex NZiland              10 10 10  8  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Paolo Maldini             17 17 17 13  3  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Len Dalton                25 25 25 20  2  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Jamie Taggart             19 19  6 19  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Craig Slater              11 11 11  9  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Ronnie Boyce              17 17 17 15  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Calum Mackay              25 25  6 25  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Frank McAvennie           27 27 27 27  3  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
FW Tony Cottee               26 26  9 26  3  n  0  0  0  0 45  6

Alloa Athletic
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Ashley Roe                26 26 26 11  2  p  0  1  0  0 90  6
DF John Fraser               24 18 18 19  0  p  0  0  0  0 90  7
DF Mike Dean                 17 17  0 13  1  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
DF Craig Howie               13 13  0 10  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Mason Howarth             19 19  0 15  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Bernard Gallacher         19 19 19 17 -1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Andy Graham               27 27 27 24 -1  n  0  0  0  1 74  6
MF Max Headroom              26 26 26 23  2  n  4  0  0  0 90  6
MF Tony Slater               27 27 27 24  1  n  0  0  2  5 90  8
MF Joseph Jacobssen          27 27 27 24  1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Luke Rankin               15 15 15 13  6  n  0  0  0  0 16  6
FW Keiron Offord             22 22 16 22  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       EDI ALO
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Halftime           0   1
Fulltime           0   2
Shots On Target    1   7
Shots              1   8
Saves              5   1
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   2
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      61  75
Revenue           64  64

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  EDI  O  42.00 120.29  65.29 
  1  ALO  B  -1.40 120.22 143.62 
 46  EDI  O  41.00 118.29  64.29 
 46  ALO  B  -1.10 120.72 143.82 
 74  ALO  B  -1.10 111.72 134.82 

 Trainer's Report
Andy Graham (ALO) suffered a thigh bruise.
Frank McAvennie (EDI) played 45 minutes and earned a CP.
Phil Parkes (EDI) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Ashley Roe (ALO) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
John Fraser (ALO) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Andy Graham (ALO) played 74 minutes and earned a CP.
Joseph Jacobssen (ALO) played 90 minutes and earned a CP.
Mason Howarth (ALO) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.