This is one of only two game reports I've had to recreate from scratch notes
as I wasn't able to find from my USENET posts and it's now February 1996.
Sunday August 20th, 1995 CNSL game at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8pm
between Scarborough Astros and London City. This was considered a "Cup" game.
Scarborough Astros (yellow socks and shirts, blue shorts and numbers)
1 Paulo Silva
17 Chris La Delfa 18 Michael Marshall 3 Rene Martin 19 Kerwin Skeete
7 Alex Nardi 10 Basil Hanna 13 Audley Taffe 8 Gad Espinosa
11 Gary DeLeon 9 Laszlo Martonfi
subs GK--12 Fiorin Oprea 2 Andrew Czalij 6 Dave Dedonato 14 Ednie Tavares
London City (white socks and numbers, black shorts and red shirts)
1 Gary Sinnott
13 Mark Boyd 6 Shawn Taggart 5 Jeff Brown 11 Nathan Eldridge
8 Mark Best 24 Tonino Commisso 16 John Bottineau 18 Jody Catalan
7 Devere Hurley 23 Nathan Davies
subs 29 Fedja Dimitrov 35 Andrew Loague
Referee Glen Sharkey linesmen Lucky Booth and ????????, 4th Allen Lunt
1st Half Astros defend north goal
1:36 min GOAL Astros capitalize on City miscue and Martonfi taps it in.
2 min Astros almost score again but 2 on 1 shot wide.
9 min City header hits crossbar post after corner.
13 min City header tipped by jumping goaltender.
28 min City goalie tips header.
35 min Astro yellow card to La Delfa for knocking down City player in
offensive zone.
2nd half
halftime sub Astros sub Tavares for ???????
53 min GOAL Astros Hanna scores on penalty shot low to right side, Sinnott
dives left. (Astro player was hauled down in crease to set up the
penalty).
62 min Astros red card to Tavares for a punch to face of Boyd while each was
riding each other like the roller derby.
64 min Astro yellow to ?????? for more rough play.
65 min Astro yellow Espinosa for argueing with ref.
68 min City red card to Taggart for hauling down Taffe on a breakaway.
69 min GOAL Astros earn free kick on edge of the box. Martonfi curves ball
around five man wall low into left side of net.
73 min Astro sub Czalij and Dedonato for Martin and Skeete.
76 min Astro yellow Czalij for roughing Loague.
81 min Astro sub goaltender Oprea for Silva.
88:31 min GOAL Astros Taffe has time to take easy pass and loft it over
goalie.
89 min City yellow to someone for argueing call.
game ends 90:50
Final Score Scarborough Astros 4
London City 0
Rocket Robin
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