League

Bishop Auckland Park
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd minute, Tayeb Benguesmia 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. In the 5th minute Tayeb Benguesmia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stéphane Djenoui saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 6 minutes, Samir Mamouni managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bishop Auckland United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Samir Mamouni was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Samir Mamouni fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stéphane Djenoui having to interfere. Tayeb Benguesmia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Stéphane Djenoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 14 minutes into the game, Nordine Soltani was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Faversham FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bishop Auckland United the free kick. Samir Mamouni in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Stéphane Djenoui, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to Bishop Auckland United getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Achik Kouidri hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Ismaïl Bourebbou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toufik Khorci was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Faversham FC's Abderrahmane Halouadji sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Toufik Khorci narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Samir Mamouni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Stéphane Djenoui made a huge save. After some careless play in the Bishop Auckland United defense, Ismaïl Bourebbou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toufik Khorci. The Bishop Auckland United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toufik Khorci should have stopped the shot. Tayeb Benguesmia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stéphane Djenoui having to interfere. Tayeb Benguesmia succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ismaïl Bourebbou to make the kick off. Yamine Bellil kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismaïl Bourebbou in the 64th minute of play forced Bishop Auckland United's goalkeeper Toufik Khorci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Achraf Temmam hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. In the 72nd minute, Abderrahmane Halouadji 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ismaïl Bourebbou in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Toufik Khorci saved Bishop Auckland United from getting behind. Samir Mamouni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Stéphane Djenoui tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 79 minutes of play, Bishop Auckland United's Tayeb Benguesmia made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stéphane Djenoui was left in no man's land by his defense there! Achik Kouidri hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Ismaïl Bourebbou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Toufik Khorci tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abderrahmane Halouadji had several of the Bishop Auckland United's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 90 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 2-2 score and a disappointed Toufik Khorci as he didn't even see the shot coming. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.