We were down to our final 4 teams in the Plate competition with teams representing Hungary, England (2) and Slovakia still in with a chance of silverware.

The first Semi-Final would see Shrewsbury Townsend versus GSF Drunkerz. Shrewsbury Townsend had so far won 2, drawn 3 and lost 1 today with 10 goals for and 6 against. GSF Drunkerz had won 4, lost 2 with 14 goals for and 5 against.

Neither team had conceded in the preceding round and both defences seemed to be dominant in this game too. It was 0-0 at half-time and Shrewsbury Townsend were heading towards their third successive clean sheet. GSF Drunkerz were unable to penetrate the Shrewsbury Townsend defence and we had a second 0-0 draw in a row for the English team. It was penalty time again!

Shrewsbury Townsend looked to stick with their winning formula from the Quarter-Final and it began well with Joe Croft scoring the opening penalty. GSF Drunkerz converted their opening penalty too for 1-1. Pat Staunton then saw his penalty saved by Miroslav Saga. Saga then became the second goalkeeper in the shoot-out to score to make it advantage Slovakia at 2-1. Tom Penn then converted his penalty to make it 2-2 and force GSF Drunkerz to see it out. There was a reprieve for Shrewsbury Townsend as the Slovakian team missed a golden opportunity to go through.

Miroslav Saga became the hero again when he saved from Matt Horne and, with a second chance to close the game out, GSF Drunkerz then made no mistake. They had won the penalty shoot-out 3-2 and were through to the Plate Final.