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Dover Stadium
Spectators: 6724 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rocky Denton made the kick off which started today's match. Benjamin Collins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Hector Brock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Columbus Chaloux fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Halvorgate's protests and gave Columbus Chaloux a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Halvorgate getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Columbus Chaloux hit a great ball. After having played for 8 minutes, Blair Goodwin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dover's supporters crossed their fingers, but Blair Goodwin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 10th minute of the match, Blair Goodwin tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Hector Brock saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Halvorgate getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Efrain Duval hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the match, Rocky Denton notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Dover's Minh Bledsoe. Minh Bledsoe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Minh Bledsoe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rocky Denton in the 20th minute of the match. Hector Brock made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benjamin Collins in the 23rd minute. Dover's Benjamin Collins got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Minh Bledsoe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rocky Denton, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Minh Bledsoe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurice Barrière in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurice Barrière in the 31st minute of play forced Dover's goalkeeper Minh Bledsoe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hector Brock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Blair Goodwin in the 39th minute of play. Benjamin Collins in the 42ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hector Brock, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Gaspard Cortes's late challenge caught a Dover's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gaspard Cortes helped the player get up and apologised. Gaspard Cortes hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Blair Goodwin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Hector Brock tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Blair Goodwin to make the kick off. Maurice Barrière recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Art Sams's late challenge caught a Halvorgate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Art Sams helped the player get up and apologised. In the 59th minute, Art Sams hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bastien Grandpré charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bastien Grandpré the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 62nd minute there was a penalty for Halvorgate. Efrain Duval stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Minh Bledsoe. 0-2. In the 65th minute Benjamin Collins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hector Brock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Alphonse Dunham came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Halvorgate 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 Alphonse Dunham couldn't finish the play. In the 76th minute of the match, Rocky Denton tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Minh Bledsoe saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Halvorgate's Hector Brock played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Blair Goodwin in the 79th minute of play. In the 84th minute of the match, Maurice Barrière got a very nice opportunity to score, but Minh Bledsoe was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Hector Brock didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Dover's Benjamin Collins shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 98th minute, Alfred Herrera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Benjamin Collins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hector Brock was relentless in the 99th minute of the game. Halvorgate's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.