League Play-Off

Twickenham Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Paignton's Louis Biernat 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. A collision led to Paignton getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Shaun Baum hit a great ball. Geoff Sherman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Ian Bass tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Louis Biernat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaun Horner having to interfere. Louis Biernat sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 23 minutes into the match, Twickenham's goal looked a bit too open when Shaun Baum came free, but Shaun Horner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Tim Hudson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shaun Horner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Hudson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Brendon Cambridge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tim Hudson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Twickenham defense, Louis Biernat kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Shaun Horner. The Twickenham fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Shaun Horner should have stopped the shot. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Geoff Sherman made a kick off. Garry Larham charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Garry Larham the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 54th minute, Garry Larham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Tim Hudson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Louis Biernat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ian Bass showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geoff Sherman, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Geoff Sherman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paignton's Ian Bass was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brendon Cambridge in the 62nd minute of play forced Paignton's goalkeeper Ian Bass to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tim Hudson got free with Shaun Horner in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ian Bass showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geoff Sherman in the 73rd minute of the match. Marty Kirk kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th match minute, Twickenham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brendon Cambridge to maneuver through the defense. Tim Hudson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaun Horner having to interfere. Louis Biernat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shaun Horner having to interfere. Brendon Cambridge fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ian Bass having to interfere. David Deacon kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Geoff Sherman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ian Bass having to interfere. Shaun Horner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Louis Biernat in the 92nd minute of play. The Paignton supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Paignton would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.