League

Runcorn Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rudy Tan made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 10 minutes, Rudy Tan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rayleigh's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rudy Tan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 12 minutes, Rudy Tan made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Runcorn AFC's Faiz Shiong tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Rayleigh's goal looked a bit too open when Muhammad Namasivayam came free, but Bryan Hian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the game, Rudy Tan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Faiz Shiong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Mark Yip had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With his leg Bryan Hian managed to avoid a goal in the 31stth minute, when Runcorn AFC's Aziz Singh fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Faiz Shiong stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rudy Tan's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dale Sim in the 39th minute of play forced Rayleigh's goalkeeper Bryan Hian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dale Sim in the 41st minute of play forced Rayleigh's goalkeeper Bryan Hian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Runcorn AFC's Aziz Singh sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bryan Hian narrowly saved just below the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dale Sim stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Runcorn AFC's zone, Rudy Tan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faiz Shiong came out of the goal and Rudy Tan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 57th minute, Aziz Singh ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bryan Hian was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Mark Yip fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faiz Shiong having to interfere. Faiz Shiong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rudy Tan went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. If Dale Sim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Faiz Shiong stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rudy Tan's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Iskandar Choo's late challenge caught a Rayleigh's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iskandar Choo helped the player get up and apologised. Iskandar Choo kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Bryan Hian came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Runcorn AFC's Aziz Singh. But to his dismay, Aziz Singh quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Runcorn AFC's Faiz Shiong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Runcorn AFC from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Runcorn AFC's Faiz Shiong got control of the ball when Mark Yip tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95thth minute of the game Aziz Singh who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rayleigh's Bryan Hian was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Runcorn AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Rayleigh's performance. The match ended with a win for Rayleigh.