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New Ash Green
Spectators: 6746 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 0) AC Allianssi's Nigel Chalk started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Kristian Margarson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Austin Leach made a huge save. If Pierre Dunn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Austin Leach made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Kristian Margarson sent off a good shot on target. Kristian Margarsons short, quick shot in the 13thth minute got Austin Leach to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Austin Leach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre Dunn, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, AC Allianssi's goal looked a bit too open when Pierre Dunn came free, but Austin Leach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre Dunn in the 25th minute of play forced AC Allianssi's goalkeeper Austin Leach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pierre Dunn struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Austin Leach didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for New Ash Green FC. Frank Fairbank showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lennie Lyons in the 29th minute of the match. Frank Fairbank showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nigel Chalk in the 35th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Kristian Margarson managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Ash Green FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Kristian Margarson was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Austin Leach breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Austin Leach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Dunn, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Austin Leach made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kristian Margarson in the 39th minute. Lennie Lyons scored 0-1 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Fairbank, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pierre Dunn to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Nigel Chalk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Fairbank saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frank Fairbank made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lennie Lyons in the 56th minute. New Ash Green FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 58th minute, when Mark Reed scored to the left of an out of position Frank Fairbank, making the score, 0-2. 63 minutes into the match, New Ash Green FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nigel Chalk came free, but Frank Fairbank reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 1-2 became the score in the 70th minute when Pierre Dunn elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Pierre Dunn 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.