League Play-Off

Duri Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Duke Stevens kicked off to start the match. Stephan Deeth recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Joshua Waters blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Conner Sperling having to make a save. Carman Shortis hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stephan Deeth in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Conner Sperling prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Milang booed when Duri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martyon Kennewell didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joshua Waters fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Conner Sperling having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joshua Waters in the 17th minute of play forced Duri's goalkeeper Conner Sperling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lawrence Dale hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. In the 39th minute of the match Marco Riley sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Conner Sperling skillfully saved the ball. In the 40th minute Joshua Waters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Conner Sperling saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Joshua Waters had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Duri getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Raleigh Gledden hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, Joshua Waters had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Conner Sperling. Duri's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joshua Waters was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The Duri players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Milang were winning 0-1.

Joshua Waters succeeded in the game's 54th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. 59 minutes into the match, Milang's goal looked a bit too open when Nelson Durbridge came free, but Brian Smoothy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nelson Durbridge received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Brian Smoothy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Duke Stevens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Brian Smoothy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 69 played minutes Milang got a freekick which was hit by Myles Blackham. Thanks to some nice moves Stephan Deeth could shoot a difficult shot in the 72nd minute, which Conner Sperling however easily saved by the left post. Brian Smoothy came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Duri's Raleigh Gledden. But to his dismay, Raleigh Gledden quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. After 79 minutes, Duke Stevens made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. Milang's Brian Smoothy tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Brian Smoothy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nelson Durbridge in the 83rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Duri defense, Stephan Deeth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Conner Sperling. The Duri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Conner Sperling should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Milang booed when Duri was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Martyon Kennewell didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 91st minute, Dane Coleman sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Duri's Conner Sperling didn't even have to move. When Stephan Deeth came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Milang 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 Stephan Deeth couldn't finish the play.