League Play-Off

CROCS PARK
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Assassins FC's Matthew Dawson got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Barry Land received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Phillip Barber tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rowan Letherens short, quick shot in the 14thth minute got Phillip Barber to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Andrew Clayton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute Matthew Dawson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eric Rawlings saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Rawlings took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrew Clayton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Matthew Dawson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eric Rawlings was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 36thth minute of the game Barry Land who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Assassins FC's Phillip Barber was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Andrew Clayton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eric Rawlings having to interfere. Kieran Carroll kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After 46 minutes, Matthew Dawson made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. SEMI CROCS FC's Eric Rawlings tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matthew Dawson to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Todd Cahill during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Todd Cahill hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Matthew Dawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Eric Rawlings tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eric Rawlings made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matthew Dawson in the 73rd minute of play. Rowan Letheren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phillip Barber having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in SEMI CROCS FC's zone, Andrew Clayton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eric Rawlings came out of the goal and Andrew Clayton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthew Dawson in the 90th minute of play forced SEMI CROCS FC's goalkeeper Eric Rawlings to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Rowan Letheren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 94th minute, Barry Land left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SEMI CROCS FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2.