Breachwood starting Ten! : French, A.Dye, Fildes, Jordan, Harrison, D.Farr, Griffin, Canning, Burnage, Gardner.
Breachwood knew they were in for a tough game as they only had ten players avaliable, but those players had great attitude and discipline to stick to their tactics to not make it easy for Emperor's Head and indeed cause them some problems.
The Lion's managed to create some great counter attacking opportunities with their best chance in the first half falling to Gardner. The creative flair of Burnage and Canning created a constant threat.
Andy Fildes and co defenders Andy Dye and Pete Jordan worked hard to keep Emperor at bay who made use of the extra player by playing the ball wide across the middle of the pitch.
The Breachwood midfield of Harrison, Griffin and Farr made it difficult for Emperor by keeping their shape and battling for every ball.
Emperor finally took the lead when Goodyears shot from inside the box took enough of a deflection of Andy Dye to pass Keeper Graham French.
At one nil down at half time the Lion's were upbeat that they could still get something from the game.
Early in the second half Breachwood had some chances came from set pieces.
Canning fired a shot just marginally over the bar.
Then Canning found the top corner of the net but the goal was disallowed as he was deemed to of controlled the ball with his hand
Keeper Graham French had to dive full stretch to turn the ball round the post from a shot from an Emperor substitute.
After winning a free kick, Harrison got a header on a Fildes free kick only to see it come back off the bar.
Emperors second goal came when the long ball beat Lion's defence and Goodyear lobbed the ball high over French.
Burnage and Gardner drove foward, as Breachwood desperately tried to get a consolation goal in the closing minutes.
Despite losing two, the ten man team had put in a good performance with Andy Dye being the Manager's Man of the Match.
