League

Welford
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dale Pieng made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iskandar Au in the 10th minute of play forced Prudhoe's goalkeeper John Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute Iskandar Au shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John Cheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 played minutes Prudhoe got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Ching. The audience was convinced that Iskandar Au's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but John Cheng was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. A collision led to Prudhoe getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Samuel Ching hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Danish Chian managed to get in a good position for a shot. Welford's supporters rose to their feet, but Danish Chian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. John Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. John Cheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iskandar Au in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Prudhoe's Samuel Ching got a free kick in the 41st minute. Prudhoe's Mark Hsi was substituted for Alan Chandran. In the 44th match minute, Welford was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicholas Cho to maneuver through the defense. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iskandar Au to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Samuel Ching during the 53rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Iskandar Au received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. John Cheng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. John Cheng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iskandar Au's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. The throw-in from Khai Soon in the 59th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Prudhoe's Alex Seng. Iskandar Au received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. John Cheng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. John Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Chong, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Iskandar Au took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised John Cheng. John Cheng dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Famih Leng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dale Pieng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Welford's goalkeeper Famih Leng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dale Pieng. Iskandar Au sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 92 minutes, Danish Chian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Welford's supporters crossed their fingers, but Danish Chian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Welford support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.