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Match Report
Norwich Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Cleator Moor's Thomas Graydon 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. In the 4th minute, Jacob Hopgood 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Jermaine Baker managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cleator Moor's supporters rose to their feet, but Jermaine Baker was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marek Mabbutt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Norwich getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Anthony Nethercot hit a great ball. Jermaine Baker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Marek Mabbutt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute Thomas Graydon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Mabbutt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Thomas Graydon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kurt Heywood fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Mabbutt having to interfere. Jermaine Baker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Mabbutt having to interfere.
In the 54th minute, Will Leather hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Jacob Hopgood's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joseph Brindley was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. After 60 played minutes Cleator Moor got a freekick which was hit by Damion Pritchard. Cleator Moor's Jermaine Baker got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Thomas Graydon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cleator Moor's supporters rose to their feet, but Thomas Graydon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marek Mabbutt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marek Mabbutt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Graydon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 played minutes Cleator Moor got a freekick which was hit by Kurt Heywood. If Thomas Graydon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marek Mabbutt didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cleator Moor's Thomas Graydon shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Thomas Graydon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Marek Mabbutt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cleator Moor's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.
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