League

Newport Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alan Rockett started the match with the kick off. Nathan Stamer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Samuel Moyse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Newport City getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Ed Hubbard hit a great ball. After having played for 18 minutes, Nathan Stamer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Newport City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nathan Stamer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nathan Stamers short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Samuel Moyse to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alan Rockett fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuel Moyse having to interfere. A collision led to Newport City getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Ron Butterfield hit a great ball. After 26 minutes, Freddy Porter mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hojen Rovers and the Newport City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Freddy Porter hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Alan Rockett received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Samuel Moyse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Nathan Stamer came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Newport City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nathan Stamer couldn't finish the play. Nathan Stamer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alan Rockett fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuel Moyse having to interfere. Alan Rockett received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Samuel Moyse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Alan Rockett got the opportunity to take care of a free kick, it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball hit the crossbar and flew out of bounds. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Devon Cheeseman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Hojen Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Nathan Stamer came free, but Samuel Moyse reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Alan Rockett put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Samuel Moyse. Timothy Gough showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Devon Cheeseman in the 59th minute of the match. Samuel Moyse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nathan Stamer in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd minute Nathan Stamer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Samuel Moyse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Rich Barratt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Samuel Moyse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Rockett in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Rockett in the 70th minute of play forced Hojen Rovers's goalkeeper Samuel Moyse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nathan Stamer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Samuel Moyse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nathan Stamer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Samuel Moyse tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Alan Rockett came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Newport City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alan Rockett couldn't finish the play. 78 minutes into the match, Hojen Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Nathan Stamer came free, but Samuel Moyse reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hojen Rovers's Samuel Moyse played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nathan Stamer in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alan Rockett in the 82nd minute of play forced Hojen Rovers's goalkeeper Samuel Moyse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Newport City's Alan Rockett in 83 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Samuel Moyse guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. If Nathan Stamer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Samuel Moyse showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alan Rockett, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.