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Conisbrough Park
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jawad Raja during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to South Ockendon getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Jawad Raja hit a great ball. Jawad Raja was shown his second yellow card after 5 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, South Ockendon's Jawad Raja got a free kick in the 6th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Conisbrough's Rick Cornforth tried to score from far away in the 7th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If Talha Afzal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Razzaq ul-Haq took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stuart Bates. Stuart Bates dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Talha Afzal took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stuart Bates. Stuart Bates dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Talha Afzal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stuart Bates having to interfere. After 24 played minutes Conisbrough got a freekick which was hit by Doug Deakin. 25 minutes into the game, Rick Cornforth was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Conisbrough's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave South Ockendon the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Conisbrough fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 25th minute. Penalty! Razzaq ul-Haq fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stuart Bates having to interfere. Stuart Bates made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Talha Afzal in the 36th minute of play. Stuart Bates didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when South Ockendon's Talha Afzal shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. After a defensive mix-up in Conisbrough's zone, Razzaq ul-Haq stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stuart Bates came out of the goal and Razzaq ul-Haq tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Muhammad Danish didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rory Kennedy went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Talha Afzal made a kick off. Talha Afzal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stuart Bates was a little too slow when Razzaq ul-Haq got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 1-5. South Ockendon's Talha Afzal got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Stuart Bates came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by South Ockendon's Razzaq ul-Haq. But to his dismay, Razzaq ul-Haq quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-6. With his leg Stuart Bates managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when South Ockendon's Talha Afzal fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 66th match minute, Conisbrough was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eric Airton to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Talha Afzal 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. Malik Jamil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Razzaq ul-Haq kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stuart Bates. That made the score 1-7 in the 70 minute of play. If Talha Afzal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Rahman Kurd kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stuart Bates. That made the score 1-8 in the 75 minute of play. Talha Afzal's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 80thth minute, Stuart Bates skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Talha Afzal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Malik Jamil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Stuart Bates tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Rick Cornforth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Talha Afzal blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stuart Bates having to make a save. After 91 minutes, Talha Afzal made it 1-9 with a short kick to the right side. Conisbrough's Stuart Bates tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Malik Jamil fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored South Ockendon's protests and gave Malik Jamil a yellow card for diving instead. Malik Jamil kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Rory Kennedy notched a goal, 2-9, to the right of South Ockendon's Muhammad Danish. Muhammad Danish was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. South Ockendon's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.