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Malmesbury Park
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Norman Fry started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 2 minutes into the match, Dennis Faulkner notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen. Oliver Christensen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Dennis Faulkner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Christensen didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Kidderminster's Dennis Faulkner shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doug Armstrong in the 15th minute of play forced Malmesbury's goalkeeper Oliver Christensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kev Freeman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dane Clist having to interfere. If Dennis Faulkner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Kev Freeman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Christensen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Doug Armstrong went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Doug Armstrong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Oliver Christensen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Doug Armstrong stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Malmesbury's zone, Dennis Faulkner stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oliver Christensen came out of the goal and Dennis Faulkner tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Doug Armstrong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute, Doug Armstrong 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 72nd minute Dennis Faulkner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliver Christensen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, Doug Armstrong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kidderminster fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Kev Freeman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Malmesbury's supporters rose to their feet, but Kev Freeman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dane Clist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Malmesbury's Oliver Christensen got control of the ball when Graeme Rice tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dane Clist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norman Fry in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Malmesbury's goal looked a bit too open when Dennis Faulkner came free, but Oliver Christensen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rodney Cryer during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee gave Malmesbury a penalty, 98 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Kev Freeman, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Kidderminster's Dane Clist. 1-4. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Kidderminster eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.