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Darwen Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Darwen's Brendon Winstanley started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Brendon Edworthy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurence Houlahan, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Rupert Boothroyd took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Robert Munday to make any attempt to save it. Robert Munday made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brendon Winstanley in the 12th minute of play. In the 14th minute, Abraham Bartlett ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Munday was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Robert Munday showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brendon Winstanley in the 16th minute of the match. Ty Turnbull took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Munday. Robert Munday dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. Abraham Bartlett received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Robert Munday tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Bloki Dukla's Robert Munday played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ed Kenworthy in the 26th minute of play. Ty Turnbull kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Rodd Senior put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Brendon Edworthy. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brendon Winstanley in the 32nd minute of play forced FC Bloki Dukla's goalkeeper Robert Munday to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, Robert Munday successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 34 minutes into the match, FC Bloki Dukla's goalkeeper Robert Munday had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abraham Bartlett. In the 36th minute, Ty Turnbull ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Munday was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Robert Munday took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abraham Bartlett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, FC Bloki Dukla's goalkeeper Robert Munday had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abraham Bartlett. 44 minutes into the match, Darwen's goal looked a bit too open when Colin Knowles came free, but Brendon Edworthy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 46 played minutes Darwen got a freekick which was hit by Ed Kenworthy. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rodd Senior was the one to do the kick off. Robert Munday showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andre Morning in the 50th minute of the match. Ed Kenworthy received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Robert Munday tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute Abraham Bartlett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Munday saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Bloki Dukla's Robert Munday played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ty Turnbull in the 67th minute of play. Brendon Edworthy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodd Senior in the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ed Kenworthy in the 71st minute of play forced FC Bloki Dukla's goalkeeper Robert Munday to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute Brendon Winstanley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Munday saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Brendon Winstanley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Robert Munday took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brendon Winstanley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, Rodd Senior had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Brendon Edworthy. Darwen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rodd Senior was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. Brendon Winstanley took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Munday. Robert Munday dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-3. Ed Kenworthy recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Adam Mimms charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Adam Mimms the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Adam Mimms kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Robert Munday showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ed Kenworthy, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Ed Kenworthy scored 7-3 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robert Munday, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There was no doubt that Darwen were the better team. Darwen's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.