League Play-Off

Stannington
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Stannington's Sukhwinder Sihota started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Sukhwinder Sihota fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ekachit Sanghera having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, Sefton City's goal looked a bit too open when Sukhwinder Sihota came free, but Ekachit Sanghera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vinayak Gain charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vinayak Gain the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. During the 18th minute of the match Vinayak Gain completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Vinayak Gain a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Gavamrita Chopra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Sefton City's Ekachit Sanghera got control of the ball when Abhinabhas Heer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bahuskti Hora scored 0-1 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dhrtadhiti Jha, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stannington's Dhrtadhiti Jha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bahuskti Hora in the 39th minute of play. Gavamrita Chopra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bahuskti Hora's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dhrtadhiti Jha read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. Bahuskti Hora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 52nd minute Sukhwinder Sihota shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ekachit Sanghera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 53rd match minute, Sefton City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahiratha Dhami to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Bahuskti Hora's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dhrtadhiti Jha was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Ekabandhu Khaira hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. When Sefton City's Bahuskti Hora in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stannington's goalie prevented a goal. In the 72nd minute, Ksayata Kumar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ekachit Sanghera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abhinabhas Heer went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Gavamrita Chopra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bahuskti Hora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Bahuskti Hora fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sefton City's protests and gave Bahuskti Hora a yellow card for diving instead. In the 89th minute, Bahuskti Hora hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bahuskti Hora was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 92nd minute. Sefton City's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The Sefton City players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Stannington from taking control. The game ends in a draw.