League Play-Off

Letchworth Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zaher Al Shaikh took the kick off in the first half of the match. Yaqoot Al Qattan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Othman Al Shaikh, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 6 minutes into the match, Mansour Al Ajmi notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Trimley FC's Omar Al Arbash. Omar Al Arbash was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Riad Al Matrok's late challenge caught a Trimley FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Riad Al Matrok helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Letchworth's Riad Al Matrok got a free kick in the 10th minute. If Othman Al Shaikh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Riad Al Matrok received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Omar Al Arbash tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sultan Al Dowaisan's late challenge caught a Letchworth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sultan Al Dowaisan helped the player get up and apologised. Yaqoot Al Qattan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaher Al Shaikh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sultan Al Dowaisan got his second yellow card in the match during the 21st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Letchworth's Yaqoot Al Qattan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Othman Al Shaikh in the 24th minute of play. Mansour Al Ajmi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 29th minute Riad Al Matrok shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Omar Al Arbash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Trimley FC's Omar Al Arbash proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Trimley FC from getting a goal against them. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Omar Al Arbash took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Riad Al Matrok, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56thth minute of the game Riad Al Matrok who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Trimley FC's Omar Al Arbash was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mansour Al Ajmi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Omar Al Arbash having to make a save. Thanks to some nice moves Othman Al Shaikh could shoot a difficult shot in the 60th minute, which Yaqoot Al Qattan however easily saved by the left post. Mansour Al Ajmi hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When Othman Al Shaikh came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Trimley FC 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 Othman Al Shaikh couldn't finish the play. In the 82nd minute, Mansour Al Ajmi made a precise shot to the right of Omar Al Arbash. Trimley FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 91st minute, Riad Al Matrok hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute, one of Trimley FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Trimley FC. In the 94th minute there was a penalty for Letchworth. Wasel Al Shati stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Omar Al Arbash. 3-1. Mansour Al Ajmi scored 4-1 in the 98th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Omar Al Arbash, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.