If the omens weren't good they didn't really show on the pitch. City were playing well enough with Hoskins and Lee Smith looking lively and Craig Temple again impressing with a few forays down the left. Jenkins in particular was causing problems with incisive passes creating glimpses of goal for Hoskins and Burns.

However the game turned after a quarter of an hour as player-manager Chris Burns fell to the ground whilst trotting innocently down the left touchline. After treatment he tried to resume but was clearly in pain and unable to continue. With his vital influence missing City were left looking disjointed and rudderless.

Shepshed had already threatened to open the scoring and now scented blood. Morris was forced to make a diving stop to his left, while Griff needed to time his challenge well to halt a driving run cutting in on our right flank. However the visitors had moved further up the park and got hit by a classic counter attack from a Steadman clearance. Jenkins sent sub Luke Tovey clear down the wing and Lee Smith touched his cross back across an open goal for Andy Hoskins to slam in his first of the season. 

Although the goal was against the run of play it looked as if city may be able to scrap their way to a result. Good interceptions from Rae and Steadman stemmed the first Shepshed efforts but disaster came on the 38th minute. City keeper Simon Morris had a Barthez moment and dwelt on a back pass for far longer than was necessary, the industry of Masters in chasing a lost cause paid off as he robbed the stumbling keeper and rolled the ball into the empty net as the T-End looked on in horror. That was really the sucker blow as City's young defence lost confidence in the man behind them and began falling apart. Dynamo were able to capitalise further when poor marking at a free kick left Wilson totally unmarked at the far post to place his header into a gaping net.

City's MP Parmjit Dhanda came to join the long suffering loyal few on the T-End for the second half, and it seemed City may get back into the game for a few minutes. Fired up and reassured by the management team our young lads looked to have regained their shape and tried to pass the ball around. Another lay off from Smith almost put in Jenkins who for ten minutes looked like he had regained control of the midfield. 

However the match quickly escaped from City after a low cross sliced off Will Steadman and flew past Morris for an unfortunate own goal. City's heads really dropped now and despite all the enthusiastic clapping and cajoling from Griff and Hoskins we never looked like recovering. Shepshed were now finding huge gaps everywhere and had found the courage to attempt to knock the ball about. 

Stuart Wilson, a former Leicester forward making his debut, collected his second and Shepshed's fourth as he tore past Steadman to collect a through ball and comfortably slid the ball under the advancing Morris. While Steve Jenkins was covering as much of the pitch as he could and Lee Smith was working hard the rest of the side were now whirling. Gavin Rae appeared uncharacteristically flat footed as Shepshed flew past him, and the entirely anonymous and ineffective Lee Allen was finally replaced. A fifth from Shepshed sub Holton put a fine gloss on the result for the Leicestershire side but by now City were entirely focused on their own problems.