Northallerton Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Kuton FC's Jim Fairfax 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. After having played for 4 minutes, Frankie Upson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kuton FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frankie Upson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jeremy Tully took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Terry Haylock, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Terry Haylock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Tully saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 9 minutes of play, Kuton FC's Terry Haylock made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeremy Tully was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Harry Blowman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jeremy Tully was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Jeremy Tully didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vince Fordham went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 21 minutes into the match, Sam Burton notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Kuton FC's Nigel Morris. Nigel Morris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the newman united defense, Frankie Upson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jeremy Tully. The newman united fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jeremy Tully should have stopped the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Kuton FC's zone, Sam Burton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nigel Morris came out of the goal and Sam Burton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frankie Upson in the 31st minute of play forced newman united's goalkeeper Jeremy Tully to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Liam Bryden had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeremy Tully showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jim Fairfax, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Rupert Lofthouse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Nigel Morris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sam Burton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Nigel Morris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Jim Fairfax left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kuton FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. After 46 minutes of play, Kuton FC's Jim Fairfax made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeremy Tully was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 1-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sam Burton stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. newman united's defense didn't have a chance, in the 55th minute, when Frankie Upson scored to the left of an out of position Jeremy Tully, making the score, 1-7. newman united's Jeremy Tully played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jim Fairfax in the 60th minute of play. Jeremy Tully took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jim Fairfax, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Terry Haylock in the 63rd minute of play forced newman united's goalkeeper Jeremy Tully to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vince Fordham in the 65th minute of play forced newman united's goalkeeper Jeremy Tully to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Liam Bryden kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frankie Upson got free with Jeremy Tully in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 78 minutes into the match, Kuton FC's goal looked a bit too open when Liam Bryden came free, but Nigel Morris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes of play, newman united's Liam Bryden made it 3-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nigel Morris was left in no man's land by his defense there! newman united's Liam Bryden got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Sam Burton 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. Kuton FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.
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