From our correspondent

I'm enjoying reading about the game more than playing!! I can see a new career blossoming for Matt without question as long as he tells it as he sees it because you can only give what you see it would appear. As Dougie has pointed out, we need our mate Gary back pronto.

It makes for an exciting last game though and with me back, who can tell what will might happen. Apart from the obvious where we lose by even more and don't create any scoring chances.

With lots at stake going into the match, this game was being billed as a must win game for I Scape against a team just above us in the league. A defeat tonight could leave us bottom if other results went against us, and the omens weren't looking good when we realised that it would be Anders Frisk's uglier brother refereeing us again tonight. Doug had already had a run in with this ref a few weeks ago, when the man in black had refused to put a bib on despite the opposition playing in black. He explained after the game that it is FA rules for him to wear his smart black uniform.

We started the game well and put some early pressure on the opposition, but we got caught on the break to concede after a well worked passing move ended with the ball being stroked into the corner from about 8 yards. Shortly after we were caught out again (about 4 minutes into the game) and the referee made the first of many crucial decisions, which all seemed to go against us. With Hen beaten by a shot from a few yards out, Dom, who was doing what all good defenders should do and cover on the line, stretched an arm out to deflect the ball from a certain goal and around the post. PENALTY. There were certainly no complaints about the awarding of the penalty, but when the ref sent Dom off with a straight red, rather than the blue card which would mean he would be sin binned for 5 minutes, it bought strong protests from both teams about whether he really needed to send him off. Once again our jobsworth ref quoted the letter of the law saying he had no choice. We were in all sorts of trouble with just a few minutes gone.

The penalty was taken and tipped onto the post by the diving Henry and the ball cleared to safety, could we salvage anything from this game? We gave a solid performance for the rest of the first half, despite our numerical disadvantage, and we created more chances in front of goal than they did. Once again, we failed to hit the back of the onion bag with our numerous attempts and to add insult to injury they scored a second before the break to make it 2-0 at half time.

We kicked off the second half with the uphill slope to contend with as well as being a man down. This didn't stop us from pushing forward and we continued to create more chances in front of goal. We finally got our reward of a goal when after a well worked passing move, Kev burst into the area, rounded the keeper and slotted home into the empty net. We rallied thinking we still might get a result, but conceded a third shortly after scoring ourselves due to lack of numbers at the back.

Our heads didn't drop and we piled forward and then, a shot from I Scape, the ball is destined for the top corner and...........a hand from an opposition player comes out and saves the ball in a similar style to Dom's in the first half. PENALTY, RED CARD we all shouted. Alas, no, our friend the ref failed to see anything and waved away the protests. Again, their players found themselves apologising for the ineptness of the ref and agreeing it was a penalty and red card. The ref said he didn't see anything and can only give what he sees. Despite our anger we pushed on and with less than 60 seconds to go we sliced through the opposition with accurate passing and the ball found it's way to Kev on the edge of the area who slammed home into the corner.

Straight from the kick off, they passed the ball out wide and it was miscontrolled and ran over the touch line by a yard. We all stopped for the throw, whilst they ran forward and popped the ball into the net without too much resistance. Once again, the ref had failed to see the incident and once again he told me he can only give what he sees! 4-2 and the final whistle was blown.

Luckily, the one team below us also lost, so we go into next weeks final game of the season second from bottom and knowing a loss could result in us finishing bottom of the league and having to apply for re-election. Dark times indeed at I Scape.

Team: Hen, Dom, Doug, Mat I, Mat C, Darren, Dave, Kev (2). Red cards- Dom (4 mins)

P.S. I left one paragraph off the end of last weeks match report - With just seconds remaining, the score finely balanced at 2-2, Kev burst through, unmarked with just the keeper to beat. All he needed to do was keep a calm head. I think most people can probably guess what happened and yes.......the shot ended up nearer the corner flag than the goal.