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South Benfleet Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lewis Huckerby got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Kirk Crouch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damion Nethercott recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dylan Cheswick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Cardwell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 19 minutes, Blair Niven made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Bethnal Green and Hackney City's Donny Bensley tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Bethnal Green and Hackney City's Donny Bensley played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Blair Niven in the 22nd minute of play. Iain Morgan's late challenge caught a South Benfleet United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iain Morgan helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bethnal Green and Hackney City's Iain Morgan got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Dylan Cheswick showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iain Morgan in the 27th minute of the match. Blair Niven spun around in front of the goal 31 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Bethnal Green and Hackney City's goal. In the 33rd minute, Austin Cotton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute of the match Philip Carlisle sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dylan Cheswick skillfully saved the ball. In the 36th minute, Iain Morgan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 37th minute, Zack Delaney hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dylan Cheswick showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Cardwell in the 43rd minute of the match. Dylan Cheswick showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lewis Huckerby in the 44th minute of the match. Dylan Cheswick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lewis Huckerby, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Blair Niven made a kick off. In the 54th play minute Kirk Crouch came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dylan Cheswick. 1-1. In the 57th minute, Bethnal Green and Hackney City's Lewis Huckerby ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dylan Cheswick. Dylan Cheswick yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Damion Nethercott struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Donny Bensley didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for South Benfleet United. In the 61st match minute, Bethnal Green and Hackney City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jay Burgess to maneuver through the defense. Donny Bensley stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Blair Niven's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, South Benfleet United's goalkeeper Dylan Cheswick had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tony Cardwell. In the 64th minute Iain Morgan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dylan Cheswick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 65 played minutes Bethnal Green and Hackney City got a freekick which was hit by Zack Delaney. In the 68thth minute of the game Blair Niven who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bethnal Green and Hackney City's Donny Bensley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Donny Bensley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Blair Niven, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dylan Cheswick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iain Morgan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Ed Power 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. The South Benfleet United fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when South Benfleet United's Blair Niven looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lewis Huckerby in the 87th minute of play forced South Benfleet United's goalkeeper Dylan Cheswick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Blair Niven put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Donny Bensley. Kirk Crouch scored 4-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dylan Cheswick, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. South Benfleet United had won after a very even match.