League Play-Off

Chreedcourt
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 11th match minute, Stroud was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lewis Welsh to maneuver through the defense. Casey Flintoff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicky Payne having to interfere. Lewis Welsh's late challenge caught a Niepokonani FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lewis Welsh helped the player get up and apologised. Casey Flintoff spun around in front of the goal 15 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Stroud's goal. When Darren Crayon fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Niepokonani FC's protests and gave Darren Crayon a yellow card for diving instead. The goalkeeper, Karl Coyle, was totally fooled by Stroud's Jake Brook, who 21 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 24th minute, Andre Dunn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Niepokonani FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Eddy Lawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Karl Coyle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Casey Flintoff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicky Payne having to interfere. After the first half Niepokonani FC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eddy Lawson made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Verne Hylton in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Karl Coyle saved Niepokonani FC from getting behind. 57 minutes into the match, Niepokonani FC's goal looked a bit too open when Verne Hylton came free, but Karl Coyle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ron Miles's late challenge caught a Stroud's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ron Miles helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Niepokonani FC's Ron Miles got a free kick in the 60th minute. Verne Hylton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Karl Coyle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Casey Flintoff sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nicky Payne stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Andre Dunn's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. In the 81st play minute Casey Flintoff came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Nicky Payne. 1-3. Niepokonani FC's Karl Coyle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eddy Lawson in the 84th minute of play. Eddy Lawson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Karl Coyle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Verne Hylton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Stroud supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Niepokonani FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Niepokonani FC.