Gooners 0 - 2 Short (390057490)

Clear skies welcomed the 32633 spectators who had made their way to Sixfields. Silvino Avilés was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nichlas Stjärnmo and Aron Zaharia. Gooners had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Dams - Baker, Dexter, Hull, O'Connor, Perry - Hay, Dobson, Waters - Martin, Turill.

Short tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Mayo - Grondin, Päivähonka, Bárcena - Baciocchi, Akartuna, Virecci fano, van Ede, Baldry - van Rij, Hopia.

Gooners seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. A free kick aimed at the keeper's far post almost gave Short the lead 6 minutes in, but the ball just wasn't able to squirm its way through the defensive wall. The referee showed Gooners's C. Martin the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The terraces were silenced after 21 minutes when Short's M. van Rij put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Gooners put pressure on the visitors' central defence 28 minutes into the game, but G. Waters couldn't find an opening. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Gooners, but N. Baker's shot went over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Short enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

With 63 minutes played, Short put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was T. Akartuna. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by C. Martin rendered him his second booking of the match, and Gooners had to finish the game with a reduced squad. 80 minutes in, Gooners's G. Hull received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Short's L. Virecci fano was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Short had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Gooners's best player was G. Waters. G. Hull turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Short player was without a doubt W. van Ede. However, N. Mayo made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.