League Play-Off

Ashbourne Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Iteb Khalifa's late challenge caught a Ashbourne's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iteb Khalifa helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Dedham FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Iteb Khalifa hit a great ball. When Iteb Khalifa was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 13 minutes had been played. Iteb Khalifa kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. David Clayton kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Maher Ghannouchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Moustapha Melliti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maher Ghannouchi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Dedham FC's Moustapha Melliti got control of the ball when Blaise Jamaa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Moustapha Melliti made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Blaise Jamaa sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Blaise Jamaa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ashbourne's supporters rose to their feet, but Blaise Jamaa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moustapha Melliti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Blaise Jamaa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 33rd minute Maher Ghannouchi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moustapha Melliti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamdi Attouga came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Dedham FC's Jemeleddine Kaâbi. But to his dismay, Jemeleddine Kaâbi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 39th minute, Hamdi Nouira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jemeleddine Kaâbi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Maher Ghannouchi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ashbourne's supporters rose to their feet, but Maher Ghannouchi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moustapha Melliti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Ashbourne players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Dedham FC were winning 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maher Ghannouchi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes, Haythem Gasmi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ashbourne and the Dedham FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th minute, Haythem Gasmi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Blaise Jamaa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Moustapha Melliti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jemeleddine Kaâbi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Moustapha Melliti didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maher Ghannouchi went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Hamdi Attouga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jemeleddine Kaâbi in the 74th minute of play. Jemeleddine Kaâbi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hamdi Attouga having to interfere. Blaise Jamaa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jemeleddine Kaâbi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Hamdi Attouga made a huge save. Hichem Chaldun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moustapha Melliti having to interfere. If Blaise Jamaa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 97 minutes, David Clayton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dedham FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but David Clayton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Ashbourne supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Dedham FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Dedham FC.