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Drinkwater Stadium
Spectators: 6731 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jonathon Pritchett took the kick off in the first half of the match. Theron Brault scored 1-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rick Charest, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Raphaël Steele received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Dudley Chavis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute Raphaël Steele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dudley Chavis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Thanh Vera got free in front of the goal in the 19th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Rick Charest was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Eloy Richmond struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Rick Charest didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Drinkwater AFC. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Thanh Vera took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Rick Charest to make any attempt to save it. Francisco Painter kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Drinkwater AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eric Meier in the 32nd minute. Eric Meier's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Rick Charest on his right side and into the goal. 32 minutes into the game it was 4-0. Raphaël Steele received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Dudley Chavis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Raphaël Steele managed to get in a good position for a shot. Keene FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Raphaël Steele was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dudley Chavis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Jonathon Pritchett's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dudley Chavis was relentless in the 48th minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

If Eloy Richmond had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Drinkwater AFC's Dudley Chavis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathon Pritchett in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Drinkwater AFC's Theron Brault got a free kick in the 64th minute. If Raphaël Steele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 71 minutes, Eloy Richmond managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Drinkwater AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eloy Richmond was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonathon Pritchett's late challenge caught a Drinkwater AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonathon Pritchett helped the player get up and apologised. After 75 played minutes Keene FC got a freekick which was hit by Jonathon Pritchett. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 79th minute, when Keene FC's Mikel Lind after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Dudley Chavis in Drinkwater AFC's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. Eloy Richmond fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rick Charest having to interfere. Dudley Chavis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathon Pritchett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Jonathon Pritchett had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dudley Chavis. Drinkwater AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonathon Pritchett was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. In the 94th minute Jonathon Pritchett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dudley Chavis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Raphaël Steele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.