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Walford
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Kenny Cousens started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The Clapham Rovers fans' excitement grew in the 5th match minute when Clapham Rovers's Rodney Watkinson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A collision led to Clapham Rovers getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ovidijus Velička hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the match, Cléberson Mendonça notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Walford AFC's Jim Askew. Jim Askew was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Walford AFC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Chaz Sparkes hit a great ball. Walford AFC's Jim Askew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodney Watkinson in the 19th minute of play. Jim Askew didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Clapham Rovers's Rodney Watkinson shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 24th minute, Rodney Watkinson 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 26thth minute of the game Cléberson Mendonça who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Walford AFC's Jim Askew was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Walford AFC defense, Rodney Watkinson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jim Askew. The Walford AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jim Askew should have stopped the shot. Nilmar Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kenny Cousens, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When Clapham Rovers's Rodney Watkinson in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Walford AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 33rd minute, Cléberson Mendonça made a precise shot to the right of Jim Askew. Walford AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Cléberson Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cléberson Mendonça in the 42nd minute of play forced Walford AFC's goalkeeper Jim Askew to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jim Askew didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Clapham Rovers's Cléberson Mendonça shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-8 in the ordered_time% minute. After 48 minutes, Calum Bolton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Walford AFC and the Clapham Rovers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 48th match minute, Walford AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calum Bolton to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-8 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cléberson Mendonça was the one to do the kick off. Jim Askew stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rodney Watkinson's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. The attack was good, but when Cléberson Mendonça in the 58th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 62nd match minute, Clapham Rovers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gavin Sedgemore to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Newbury took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 63rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nilmar Brasil. Clapham Rovers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a little luck, Walford AFC's Jim Askew got control of the ball when Rodney Watkinson tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jim Askew showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodney Watkinson in the 69th minute of the match. 69 minutes into the game, Rodney Watkinson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Jim Askew was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Cléberson Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jim Askew was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Kenny Cousens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilmar Brasil having to interfere. Cléberson Mendonça might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jim Askew. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cléberson Mendonça ran back to his position shaking his head. After 81 minutes of play, Clapham Rovers's João Francisco Toscano made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jim Askew was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Cléberson Mendonça put it in 0-14 from a short distance just to the right of Jim Askew. Calum Bolton was shown his second yellow card after 94 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Walford AFC's Calum Bolton got a free kick in the 95th minute. Clapham Rovers's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.