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Whickham Park
Spectators: 7430 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 50) Sebastien Rotherfield made the kick off and thus started the match. Barry Watts's late challenge caught a Sawbridgeworth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Barry Watts helped the player get up and apologised. Barry Watts hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Ollie Holroyd managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ollie Holroyd was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Bourne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Sebastien Rotherfield came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Sawbridgeworth 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 Sebastien Rotherfield couldn't finish the play. Nicky Nelthorpe charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicky Nelthorpe the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute, Nicky Nelthorpe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Sawbridgeworth booed when ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ollie Holroyd didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 21 played minutes ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ got a freekick which was hit by Mick Crowther. Sebastien Rotherfield sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 25th minute, Olly Barber 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. Sebastien Rotherfield scored 0-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eddy Bond, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 31 minutes into the match, Sawbridgeworth's goalkeeper Felix Bourne had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Neil Chambers. The audience thought a goal was coming when Neil Chambers got free with Felix Bourne in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th match minute, Sawbridgeworth was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frank Haley to maneuver through the defense. Ollie Holroyd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Felix Bourne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neil Chambers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felix Bourne having to interfere. Olly Barber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ defense, Sebastien Rotherfield kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eddy Bond. The ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eddy Bond should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 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 Ollie Holroyd made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Ollie Holroyd managed to get in a good position for a shot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s supporters rose to their feet, but Ollie Holroyd was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Bourne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 58th minute of the match Mick Crowther sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Felix Bourne skillfully saved the ball. When Travis Boyes fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s protests and gave Travis Boyes a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th minute, one of ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️: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 ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Gareth East sped through ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eddy Bond. 67 minutes into the match, Sawbridgeworth's goal looked a bit too open when Neil Chambers came free, but Felix Bourne reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s Ollie Holroyd got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind Sawbridgeworth's goalkeeper Felix Bourne, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastien Rotherfield in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddy Bond saved ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ from getting behind. ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s Eddy Bond proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ from getting a goal against them. Eddy Bond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastien Rotherfield, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81stth minute of the game Ollie Holroyd who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sawbridgeworth's Felix Bourne was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s goalkeeper Eddy Bond, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ruben Lofthouse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 93 played minutes, ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️'s Travis Boyes shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Felix Bourne came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ⭐️⭐️⭐️FC U.m.b.r.O⭐️⭐️⭐️ reached it. In the 97th minute Sebastien Rotherfield shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Bond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Sawbridgeworth players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.