League Play-Off

Swaffham Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) West Drayton's Payam Modiri 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. An unexpected shot in the 6th minute by Arzhang Khalatbari got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 7th minute, West Drayton's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Hirad Rouhi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. With a little luck, West Drayton's Soroush Rezazadeh got control of the ball when Hirad Rouhi tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 15 minutes, Payam Modiri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. West Drayton's supporters crossed their fingers, but Payam Modiri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 17 played minutes West Drayton got a freekick which was hit by Mostafa Parsi. Hirad Rouhi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Soroush Rezazadeh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, West Drayton's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Arzhang Khalatbari fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A collision led to West Drayton getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Nima Omrani hit a great ball. Pouriya Asgharzadeh was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 25th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Rostam Jalaeepour kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Soroush Rezazadeh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arzhang Khalatbari in the 30th minute of the match. Aram Iranian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nima Omrani in the 44th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Swaffham FC's Arzhang Khalatbari got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nima Omrani hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Soroush Rezazadeh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hirad Rouhi in the 57th minute of play. Soroush Rezazadeh came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Swaffham FC's Hirad Rouhi. But to his dismay, Hirad Rouhi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arzhang Khalatbari in the 66th minute of play forced West Drayton's goalkeeper Soroush Rezazadeh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Swaffham FC booed when West Drayton was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pejman Nourizadeh didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Arzhang Khalatbari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Soroush Rezazadeh was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Payam Modiri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the match, Kia Artoonian dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aram Iranian, 1-1. Hirad Rouhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Soroush Rezazadeh having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in West Drayton's zone, Arzhang Khalatbari stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Soroush Rezazadeh came out of the goal and Arzhang Khalatbari tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The West Drayton players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Swaffham FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.