League Play-Off

Dersingham
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Marcus Scrivener's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Brad Delaney firmly grabbed it by the left post. Sammy Button's late challenge caught a Dersingham City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sammy Button helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th minute of the match, Kurt Tandy tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Brad Delaney saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 13th match minute, Staffordshire Terrier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jon Webster to maneuver through the defense. Brad Delaney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ethan Best in the 14th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Brad Delaney had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcus Scrivener. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Scrivener got free with Brad Delaney in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gaz Weatherhead kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. A hard shot 21 in the game by Marcus Scrivener from a close distance when the talented Brad Delaney managed to make a qualified save. Staffordshire Terrier FC's players were relieved. After 31 minutes, Gaz Weatherhead mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Staffordshire Terrier FC and the Dersingham City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Alfie Davies managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Andre Auty in the 33 minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Scrivener got free with Brad Delaney in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Brad Delaney took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ethan Best, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaq Kerr got free with Brad Delaney in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcus Scrivener in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Brad Delaney prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

After 53rd play minutes Marcus Scrivener shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Brad Delaney and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 56th minute Marcus Scrivener shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brad Delaney saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Marcus Scrivener's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Brad Delaney was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. A collision led to Dersingham City getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Noel Everett hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute, Marcus Scrivener ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Brad Delaney was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Staffordshire Terrier FC's zone, Marcus Scrivener stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brad Delaney came out of the goal and Marcus Scrivener tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Scrivener in the 79th minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Brad Delaney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcus Scrivener received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Brad Delaney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 86th match minute, Dersingham City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zaq Kerr to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Marcus Scrivener 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. If Ethan Best had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Staffordshire Terrier FC's attentive Alfie Davies managed to snatch the ball when Noel Everett made a throw-in in the 93rd minute of the game. 96 minutes in the game Noel Everett did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kurt Tandy.