League Play-Off

Stannington
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sukhwinder Sihota took the kick off in the first half of the match. Samsher Mittal might have been able to make a better finish in the 2nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dhrtadhiti Jha. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Samsher Mittal ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Dagenham City's Himayati Ghosh got control of the ball when Abhinabhas Heer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sukhwinder Sihota's late challenge caught a Dagenham City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sukhwinder Sihota helped the player get up and apologised. Sukhwinder Sihota hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Dagenham City's Ravindran Nayyar got a free kick in the 19th minute. Himayati Ghosh made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Abhinabhas Heer sent off a good shot on target. Candravimala Murthy, 30 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Abhinabhas Heer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Himayati Ghosh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abhinabhas Heer's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, Himayati Ghosh skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Samsher Mittal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Dhrtadhiti Jha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nanda Chawla succeeded in the game's 47th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Samsher Mittal was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the game, Abhivada Salve was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dagenham City's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Stannington the free kick. After 54 played minutes Dagenham City got a freekick which was hit by Abhivada Salve. Sukhwinder Sihota received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Himayati Ghosh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 59th minute, Abhinabhas Heer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sukhwinder Sihota in the 62nd minute of play forced Dagenham City's goalkeeper Himayati Ghosh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Himayati Ghosh stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sukhwinder Sihota's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. A collision led to Stannington getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Arvindra Chattha hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Samsher Mittal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dhrtadhiti Jha was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. 73 minutes into the match, Nanda Chawla notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Stannington's Dhrtadhiti Jha. Dhrtadhiti Jha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Haramala Chaddha's late challenge caught a Dagenham City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Haramala Chaddha helped the player get up and apologised. If Abhinabhas Heer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Candramohan Laungani got his second yellow card in the match during the 84th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 86th minute, Budhana Subba sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Dagenham City's Himayati Ghosh didn't even have to move. If Amritaka Takkar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Stannington's Haramala Chaddha got a free kick in the 96th minute. Nanda Chawla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 98th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.