League Play-Off

Ealing Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Shah Yeo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ali Rajah fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Tioe having to interfere. If Alex Choo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Ealing AFC defense, Ali Rajah kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Darryl Tioe. The Ealing AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Darryl Tioe should have stopped the shot. If Lee Chuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alex Choo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Tioe having to interfere. After 30 played minutes, Danbury City's Albert Yi-Sheng shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Darryl Tioe 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 Danbury City reached it. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ali Rajah in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Darryl Tioe prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ali Rajah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Darryl Tioe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alex Choo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Tioe having to interfere. Darryl Tioe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Choo in the 44th minute of the match. Zafran Shyan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Darryl Tioe having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Choo in the 48th minute of play forced Ealing AFC's goalkeeper Darryl Tioe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Merlin Keng managed to get in a good position for a shot. Danbury City's supporters rose to their feet, but Merlin Keng was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Darryl Tioe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Alex Choo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Ealing AFC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Danbury City:s goal. Ali Rajah could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Darryl Tioe made a huge save. Shafiq Wah charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Shafiq Wah the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Shafiq Wah kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Hidayat Seah took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Darryl Tioe. Ealing AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Alex Choo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Darryl Tioe read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Ealing AFC's Darryl Tioe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Choo in the 90th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Danbury City left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Ealing AFC.