League

Rothley
Spectators: 8394 (Terracing: 6298, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Faizal Soon made the kick off which started today's match. Mujahid Ching showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Rajah, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Rothley's goal looked a bit too open when Faizal Soon came free, but Mujahid Ching reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, Bryan Rajah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ashington fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Alex Seng charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alex Seng the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Faizal Soon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mujahid Ching having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Faizal Soon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ashington's supporters rose to their feet, but Faizal Soon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mujahid Ching breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 21 minutes into the match, Rothley's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Rajah came free, but Mujahid Ching reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute Bryan Rajah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mujahid Ching saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Faizal Soon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute, Mark Dyce 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. Anil Liang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Mujahid Ching tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Faiz Yang's late challenge caught a Ashington's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Faiz Yang helped the player get up and apologised. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Noh Lim was the one to do the kick off. Sean Tan kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Bryan Rajah had several of the Rothley's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 55 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 0-2 score and a disappointed Mujahid Ching as he didn't even see the shot coming. After 61 minutes of play, Ashington's Bryan Rajah made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mujahid Ching was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Ashington getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Afiq Ning hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faizal Soon in the 76th minute of play forced Rothley's goalkeeper Mujahid Ching to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes in the game, Bryan Rajah fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Mujahid Ching having to interfere. Bryan Rajah blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mujahid Ching having to make a save. Mujahid Ching made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Bryan Rajah sent off a good shot on target. Bryan Rajah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Mujahid Ching tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bryan Rajah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 92nd minute, Faiz Yang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Ashington could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rothley throughout the match.