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Herne Bay Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ian Haines started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the game, Jim Perkins was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Herne Bay FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ZORA the free kick. In the 9th match minute, Herne Bay FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jim Perkins to maneuver through the defense. Ivan Garner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ian Haines in the 13th minute of play. Ivan Garner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ian Haines in the 15th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Dale Stiles ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robin Laycock was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Dale Stiles sped through Herne Bay FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Robin Laycock. Robin Laycock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kirk Bentley, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 33rdth minute of the game Kirk Bentley who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Herne Bay FC's Robin Laycock was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Robin Laycock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kirk Bentley in the 37th minute of play. In the 39thth minute of the game Kirk Bentley who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Herne Bay FC's Robin Laycock was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Robin Laycock stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kirk Bentley's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. When ZORA's Kirk Bentley in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Herne Bay FC's goalie prevented a goal. Robin Laycock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nick Ellis, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kirk Bentley to make the kick off. Jude Clough who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 53rdth minute tested the skills of Robin Laycock when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After having played for 55 minutes, Kirk Bentley managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ZORA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kirk Bentley was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Herne Bay FC defense, Dale Stiles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Robin Laycock. The Herne Bay FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Robin Laycock should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kirk Bentley in the 61st minute of play forced Herne Bay FC's goalkeeper Robin Laycock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Herne Bay FC's Robin Laycock got control of the ball when Toby Wiseman tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Kirk Bentley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robin Laycock was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Kirk Bentley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Robin Laycock read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. If Warren Renner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kirk Bentley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Robin Laycock read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. When Warren Renner came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the ZORA 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 Warren Renner couldn't finish the play. Nick Ellis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robin Laycock having to interfere. 89 minutes into the match, Warren Renner notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Herne Bay FC's Robin Laycock. Robin Laycock was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With an all-out effort, ZORA's Robin Laycock threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Kirk Bentley, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience was convinced that Kirk Bentley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robin Laycock was relentless in the 97th minute of the game. When the final whistle sounded ZORA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Herne Bay FC.