League Play-Off

Darlington
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Freddie Haskell started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Perry Burns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mickey Pritchard, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kris Medley in the 9th minute of play forced Stafford's goalkeeper Johnathan Beadel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Kris Medley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Johnathan Beadel was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Perry Burns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mickey Pritchard in the 20th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Freddie Haskell in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Perry Burns saved Darlington FC from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joseph Cole got free with Johnathan Beadel in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mickey Pritchard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perry Burns having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kris Medley in the 29th minute of play forced Stafford's goalkeeper Johnathan Beadel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Kris Medley dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Johnathan Beadel, 1-0. Freddie Haskell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perry Burns having to interfere. Kris Medley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Johnathan Beadel having to interfere. Mickey Pritchard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perry Burns having to interfere. Freddie Haskell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perry Burns having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Kris Medley made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Darlington FC booed when Stafford was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ralf Parkinson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Perry Burns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Freddie Haskell, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. When Darlington FC's Joseph Cole in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Stafford's goalie prevented a goal. In the 63rd match minute, Stafford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Harvey Inman to maneuver through the defense. Perry Burns made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mickey Pritchard in the 70th minute. The audience was convinced that Kris Medley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Johnathan Beadel was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Freddie Haskell took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Perry Burns to make any attempt to save it. Johnathan Beadel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joseph Cole in the 79th minute of play. If Freddie Haskell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Freddie Haskell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Freddie Haskell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Perry Burns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mickey Pritchard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Perry Burns having to interfere. In the 92nd minute Kris Medley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johnathan Beadel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Stafford's zone, Joseph Cole stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Johnathan Beadel came out of the goal and Joseph Cole tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.