League

Prudhoe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Faizal Soon took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dale Pieng received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Amirul Teo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Prudhoe's John Cheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan Rajah in the 8th minute of play. Bryan Rajah scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of John Cheng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anil Liang made in the 16th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Prudhoe's Steven Low. In the 22nd minute, Samuel Ching hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dale Pieng hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 25 minutes into the game, Steven Low was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Prudhoe's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ashington the free kick. In the 26th minute, Steven Low hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuel Ching fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amirul Teo having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Dale Pieng made the kick off in the second half. Amirul Teo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dale Pieng in the 54th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by SK Yip in the 56th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Prudhoe's Rudy Siong. The throw-in from Anil Liang in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Prudhoe's Alex Seng. After 61 played minutes Ashington got a freekick which was hit by Mark Dyce. After a rather tough play, Prudhoe's Samuel Ching got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Ashington's Faizal Soon in the 65th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but John Cheng was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Prudhoe through an amazing save. John Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Faizal Soon, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Dale Pieng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Amirul Teo having to interfere. Dale Pieng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ashington's Amirul Teo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dale Pieng in the 85th minute of play. Dale Pieng recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 96 minutes, Anil Liang mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ashington and the Prudhoe players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Prudhoe booed when Ashington was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anil Liang didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle went the supporters of Ashington were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Prudhoe side.