A big thanks to Glenners for todays match report
Tommo
Chris
Rookie
Wilko
Wooly
Curtis
Evo
Shorty
Harris
Hession
Az
Subs treadeaz, morris, ronaldo
Slow start by smithswood, struggling to get the ball down and play
7 mins - walsall phoenix have a good chance as a cross comes in from the right but the striker just flicks his header on.
11 mins- chris swings a long floating ball to the back post, harris heads it back over but no one gets there
14 mins - evo plays a long ball over the top but hession cant beat the keeper to it.
22 mins - GOAL smiths 1 - 0 walsall. Shorty corner is knocked back by harris to rookie who's in the centre of the goal and uses his right foot to knock it in the corner of the goal 7/10
27 mins - curtis knocks a lovely knock over to az who knocks it past his man and his left foot shoot from 20 yards goes just wide. Smithswood in control at the moment
29 mins - walsall centre half makes an awful header back to his keeper, hession reaches it but the keeper saves his shot and it goes out for a corner. Should be 2 - 0
34 mins - walsall knock a cross into the box but tommo commands his area and plucks it out the air
36 mins - GOAL smiths 1 - 1 walsall. A chipped through ball to striker who knocks it past a committed tommo and the other striker knocks it in
39 mins - another save by tommo at his near post keeps it a 1 - 1
41 mins - harris mugs the number 15 again with a lovely nut meg
42 mins - another effort by walsall has tommo diving to his left to put it out for a corner. Walsall in control last 5 mins
45 mins - hession lays the ball back to evo who from 25 yards out, curls a cracking shot which hits the top right corner of the bar and rebounds back
Half time 1-1
Sub at half - az forced to come off through injury so morris replaces him. Morris goes centre mid and Shorty goes up top
47 mins - rookies long ball taken down well by harris who puts it just wide.
53 mins - rookie makes a great slide tackle to stop the walsall attack, timing it to perfection.
57 mins - walsall have a chance but the striker somehow hits it over from 3 yards out
58 mins - GOAL smiths 2-1 walsall. Hession runs the keeper down who spanners his kick straight to curtis. He knocks it inside to shorty who finds harris and from 8 yards, finds the bottom corner 6/10
62 mins - shorty replaced by ronaldo. Shorty injured in the slide tackle that wowwed the millions watching at the mackadown
69 mins - harris knocks the ball to morris on the edge of the box who instantly hits it but the keeper collects it comfortably.
72 mins - GOAL smiths 3 - 1 walsall. Rookies ball over the top finds hession who beats the keeper to ball and nutmegs him to finish nicely 7/10
76 mins - yellow card rookie. Slide tackle misses the ball and takes the man
79 mins - wilko mistake lets walsall knock it to the back post and the striker heads it comfortably into tommo's hands
85 mins - 2 efforts by walsall but tommo gets his body behind both of them
86 mins - sub, hession gets injured and is replaced by treaderz
89 mins - GOAL smiths 3 - 2 walsall. Great finish after tommo initially made a great one on one save
90 mins - walsall have a good chance but ruin it by being offside, the smiths defence getting out well
90 mins - GOAL smiths 3 - 3 walsall. Late deflected effort finds the bottom corner.
