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Mooliabeenie Park
Spectators: 6777 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 0) In the 7th minute Gregory Blagburn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jackson Claringbold saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cliff Oreilly received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Jackson Claringbold tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cliff Oreilly in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jackson Claringbold saved Mooliabeenie from getting behind. Steve Black took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 15th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jackson Claringbold. Mooliabeenie's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Gregory Blagburn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 23 minutes, Rod Pinhey managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mooliabeenie's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rod Pinhey was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 26th minute, one of Mooliabeenie:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mooliabeenie. In the 28th minute there was a penalty for Elwood. Stephan Hitchen stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jackson Claringbold. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Cliff Oreilly managed to get in a good position for a shot. Elwood's supporters rose to their feet, but Cliff Oreilly was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jackson Claringbold breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Darrell Porter could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Barnard Orr made a huge save. Gregory Blagburn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Jackson Claringbold tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Mooliabeenie's Barnard Orr threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Rod Pinhey, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Gregory Blagburn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jackson Claringbold having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Cliff Oreilly's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jackson Claringbold was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Gregory Blagburn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jackson Claringbold having to interfere. The Mooliabeenie players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Elwood were winning 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gregory Blagburn was the one to do the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 52nd minute by Cliff Oreilly got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 58th minute, Gregory Blagburn got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 62nd minute, Gregory Blagburn got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Jackson Claringbold made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregory Blagburn in the 64th minute of play. Aron Quigley could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Jackson Claringbold made a huge save. When Cliff Oreilly came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Elwood fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cliff Oreilly couldn't finish the play. 75 minutes into the game, Elwood's Cliff Oreilly nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jackson Claringbold made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Jackson Claringbold made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aron Quigley in the 79th minute. After 84 played minutes Mooliabeenie got a freekick which was hit by Dacosta Buckland. Jackson Claringbold made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cliff Oreilly in the 85th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Cliff Oreilly managed to get in a good position for a shot. Elwood's supporters rose to their feet, but Cliff Oreilly was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jackson Claringbold breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gregory Blagburn received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jackson Claringbold came out and tried to block the shot, but Gregory Blagburn slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 90th minute. Jackson Claringbold made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cliff Oreilly in the 100th minute.