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Dedham
Spectators: 8437 (Terracing: 6329, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) Dean Brooks started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Franz Midgley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Xiao Xi Ling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 5 minutes into the match, K.S.CRACOVIA.1906's goal looked a bit too open when Donny Beckwith came free, but Xiao Xi Ling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by K.S.CRACOVIA.1906's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Gillow was slow to take the kick. During this time T H F C's players had a chance to rest. Xiao Xi Ling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Franz Midgley in the 12th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Matt Friend managed to get in a good position for a shot. T H F C's supporters rose to their feet, but Matt Friend was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xiao Xi Ling breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 24 minutes into the game, Matt Friend cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Xiao Xi Ling was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ronan Sugden sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 30 played minutes T H F C got a freekick which was hit by Ronan Sugden. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Franz Midgley managed to get in a good position for a shot. T H F C's supporters rose to their feet, but Franz Midgley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xiao Xi Ling breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Matt Friend came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the T H F C 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 Matt Friend couldn't finish the play. Ronan Sugden charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ronan Sugden the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, T H F C's Ronan Sugden got a free kick in the 36th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Matt Friend managed to get in a good position for a shot. T H F C's supporters rose to their feet, but Matt Friend was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xiao Xi Ling breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Franz Midgley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 50th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matt Friend could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Xiao Xi Ling made a huge save. K.S.CRACOVIA.1906's Xiao Xi Ling proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save K.S.CRACOVIA.1906 from getting a goal against them. Ronan Sugden got his second yellow card in the match during the 56th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to T H F C getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ronan Sugden hit a great ball. Xiao Xi Ling came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by T H F C's Franz Midgley. But to his dismay, Franz Midgley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Xiao Xi Ling made an important save on a dangerous shot by Donny Beckwith in the 67th minute. 70 minutes into the match, K.S.CRACOVIA.1906's goalkeeper Xiao Xi Ling had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Neil Gill. T H F C made a substitution. Orson Billington replaced Donny Beckwith. T H F C made a substitution. Shawn Coulson replaced Matt Friend. Samuel Shakespeare might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Xiao Xi Ling. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Samuel Shakespeare ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 89th minute, T H F C's Orson Billington ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Xiao Xi Ling. Xiao Xi Ling yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Orson Billington received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Xiao Xi Ling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute Nicholas Emmerson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luke Bush saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The K.S.CRACOVIA.1906 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. T H F C were clearly better and deserved to take the win.