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Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Seth Fleetham got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Blueocean's goal looked a bit too open when Carl Haylock came free, but Tris Pickering reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th play minute Frazer Hassell came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Tris Pickering. 1-0. The goalkeeper, Tris Pickering, was totally fooled by Wolf City's Sol Ashby, who 11 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. A collision led to Wolf City getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Alexander Beattie hit a great ball. Eddie Hassell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Seth Fleetham in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seth Fleetham in the 19th minute of play forced Wolf City's goalkeeper Eddie Hassell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eddie Hassell showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steve Anson in the 20th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seth Fleetham in the 22nd minute of play forced Wolf City's goalkeeper Eddie Hassell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Wolf City's goal looked a bit too open when Seth Fleetham came free, but Eddie Hassell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Wolf City's Loyd Murray got a free kick in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Blueocean's Steve Anson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eddie Hassell made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After a rather tough play, Blueocean's Seth Fleetham got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Tris Pickering showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carl Haylock in the 33rd minute of the match. Eddie Hassell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steve Anson in the 35th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Wolf City's Vince Ellis got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 36th minute of the match Glenn Mayo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eddie Hassell skillfully saved the ball. Eddie Hassell didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Blueocean's Seth Fleetham shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Steve Anson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seth Fleetham in the 42nd minute of play forced Wolf City's goalkeeper Eddie Hassell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 44 minutes, Seth Fleetham managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Blueocean's supporters crossed their fingers, but Seth Fleetham was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eddie Hassell showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steve Anson, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Carl Haylock stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Carl Haylock's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tris Pickering was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. Seth Fleetham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Eddie Hassell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Seth Fleetham got free with Eddie Hassell in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexander Beattie took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tris Pickering. Blueocean's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 64th minute, Blueocean's Seth Fleetham dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Seth Fleetham in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eddie Hassell saved Wolf City from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seth Fleetham in the 73rd minute of play forced Wolf City's goalkeeper Eddie Hassell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute, Steve Anson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blueocean fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. When Blueocean's Seth Fleetham in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wolf City's goalie prevented a goal. If Steve Anson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Blueocean left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Wolf City.