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Trayning Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ronald Kinsey made the kick off which started today's match. 2 minutes into the game, Bruno Gannan was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Trayning's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dudley Country the free kick. The supporters of Dudley Country booed when Trayning was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruno Gannan didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Dudley Country's Joshua Lenard got control of the ball when Ray Oneill tried to sneak it across the goal line. Joshua Lenard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neil Mapps in the 7th minute of play. Ronald Kinsey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Phillip Jeffress tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th match minute, Trayning was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mark Kayrooz to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ray Oneill got free with Joshua Lenard in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Clay Stanton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 21st minute, Ronald Kinsey left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dudley Country fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ronald Kinsey struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Phillip Jeffress didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dudley Country. In the 28th minute, Ronald Kinsey 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. The throw-in from Logan Alcock in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Dudley Country's Clay Stanton. After a defensive mix-up in Trayning's zone, Ronald Kinsey stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Phillip Jeffress came out of the goal and Ronald Kinsey tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Trayning's Phillip Jeffress played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronald Kinsey in the 37th minute of play. After having played for 40 minutes, Bradshaw Warren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dudley Country's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bradshaw Warren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neil Mapps in the 44th minute of play forced Dudley Country's goalkeeper Joshua Lenard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lowrey Dollimore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Phillip Jeffress tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Neil Mapps made a kick off. When Ronald Kinsey came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Dudley Country fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ronald Kinsey couldn't finish the play. 56 minutes into the match, Dudley Country's goal looked a bit too open when Neil Mapps came free, but Joshua Lenard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ronald Kinsey recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Dudley Country's Lowrey Dollimore got a free kick in the 71st minute. Ronald Kinseys short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Phillip Jeffress to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ronald Kinsey had several of the Trayning's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 79 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Phillip Jeffress as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Neil Mapps in the 84th minute of play forced Dudley Country's goalkeeper Joshua Lenard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Phillip Jeffress managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Dudley Country's Ronald Kinsey fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lowrey Dollimore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Phillip Jeffress tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Trayning's Phillip Jeffress got control of the ball when Ronald Kinsey tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Brye Stebbing got free with Phillip Jeffress in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Trayning's Phillip Jeffress proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Trayning from getting a goal against them. Ronald Kinsey might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Phillip Jeffress. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ronald Kinsey ran back to his position shaking his head. Phillip Jeffress made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronald Kinsey in the 95th minute of play. Dudley Country's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.