League

Harlow Park
Spectators: 7000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vern Rowe started the match with the kick off. Northallerton's Masood Ghufyan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Northallerton from getting a goal against them. In the 11th minute, Danny Hunter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ayaz Sajid fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Seth Chambers having to interfere. If Kamran Mazhar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ayaz Sajid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Seth Chambers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kamran Mazhar in the 31st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Harlow United's Glyn Reynolds got a free kick in the 32nd minute. After 33rd play minutes Ayaz Sajid shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Seth Chambers and just under the crossbar into goal. Seth Chambers came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Northallerton's Kamran Malik. But to his dismay, Kamran Malik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 41st match minute, Harlow United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennie Saunders to maneuver through the defense. Ayaz Sajid might have been able to make a better finish in the 50th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Seth Chambers. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ayaz Sajid ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kamran Mazhar made a kick off. Kamran Mazhar in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Seth Chambers, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ayaz Sajid received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Seth Chambers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kamran Mazhar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Lennie Saunders's late challenge caught a Northallerton's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lennie Saunders helped the player get up and apologised. In the 68th match minute, Harlow United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lennie Saunders to maneuver through the defense. Ayaz Sajid might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Seth Chambers. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ayaz Sajid ran back to his position shaking his head. Seth Chambers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ayaz Sajid in the 69th minute of play. Seth Chambers was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Kamran Mazhar capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Kamran Mazhar really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. Ayaz Sajid got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 0-5 in the right cross in the 82nd match minute before Seth Chambers had time to react. After 86 minutes, Kamran Mazhar made it 0-6 with a short kick to the right side. Harlow United's Seth Chambers tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Agha Kashan charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agha Kashan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Agha Kashan kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Kamran Mazhar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Seth Chambers was relentless in the 98th minute of the game. The Harlow United fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Northallerton were clearly better and deserved to take the win.