League Play-Off

Petersfield
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ghalib Aijaz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Theo Robson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ghalib Aijaz in the 10th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Petersfield's zone, Timothy Challis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mubashar Haroon came out of the goal and Timothy Challis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 18 played minutes, Petersfield's Ayaz Wahid shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Theo Robson 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 Petersfield reached it. When Petersfield's Ghalib Aijaz in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Comberton United's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Theo Robson managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Petersfield's Hanif Abbas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 34th minute, Hanif Abbas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Timothy Challis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Timothy Challis to make the kick off. Safdar Shamshad recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Umer Aijaz took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Theo Robson. Theo Robson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Theo Robson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hanif Abbas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Comberton United's Jim Fox got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Petersfield's Mubashar Haroon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Timothy Challis in the 60th minute of play. When Petersfield's Hanif Abbas in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Comberton United's goalie prevented a goal. Comberton United's Theo Robson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ghalib Aijaz in the 64th minute of play. Ghalib Aijaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Theo Robson having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, Ghalib Aijaz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Theo Robson. Comberton United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ghalib Aijaz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Safdar Shamshad scored 3-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Theo Robson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Ghalib Aijaz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Theo Robson was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Hanif Abbas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ghalib Aijaz in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Theo Robson saved Comberton United from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hanif Abbas in the 91st minute of play forced Comberton United's goalkeeper Theo Robson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Comberton United fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 93rd minute. Penalty! The referee gave Petersfield a penalty, 94 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Zeeshan Dogar, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Comberton United's Theo Robson. 4-1. The supporters of Comberton United booed when Petersfield was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ghalib Mushtaq didn't get a good kick on the ball.