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Pelham
Spectators: 5013 (Terracing: 4001, Seating: 1012, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Denny Zapata kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute of the match Domenic Teague shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bailey Le Van showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 8th minute Denny Zapata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bailey Le Van saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Derick Brooks put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Curt Barnard. 13 minutes into the game, one of Pelham:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 16th minute there was a penalty for Paxton AFC. Kareem Craven stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Curt Barnard. 0-2. If Stanley Bragg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kareem Craven hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Derick Brooks recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hector Hooks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kareem Craven hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Eric Flood recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 47th minute, Derick Brooks made a precise shot to the right of Curt Barnard. Pelham's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Derick Brooks to strike the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Pelham's goal looked a bit too open when Derick Brooks came free, but Curt Barnard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pelham's Stanley Bragg got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Pelham's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Phillip Jamison fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Jonah Crum fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pelham's protests and gave Jonah Crum a yellow card for diving instead. Jonah Crum hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Kareem Craven from long distance, 72 minutes into the match, got Curt Barnard's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Stanley Bragg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Bailey Le Van tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Derick Brooks got free with Curt Barnard in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bailey Le Van made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanley Bragg in the 81st minute of play. Derick Brooks fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Curt Barnard having to interfere. In the 95th minute, D.J. Landis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Curt Barnard was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4.