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Long Eaton
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Freddie Fitzsymon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Lance Lowndes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bobby Lobb in the 11th minute of play forced FC Targowa's goalkeeper Lance Lowndes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Freddie Fitzsymon got free with Lance Lowndes in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 14 minutes, Drew Hughes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Targowa and the Oskar FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had been going on for 15 minutes, Oskar FC's Tony Bibby got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Lance Lowndes. The audience thought a goal was coming when Freddie Fitzsymon got free with Lance Lowndes in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 25th minute, Robert Mahon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Jacob Roebuck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Freddie Fitzsymon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute, Bobby Lobb 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. Bobby Lobb was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 35th minute. Oskar FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Bobby Lobb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lance Lowndes having to interfere. 39 minutes into the game, Oskar FC's Freddie Fitzsymon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lance Lowndes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Howard Haines took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lance Lowndes. FC Targowa's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell John Paul Mitchell-King to make the kick off. In the 52ndth minute of the game John Paul Mitchell-King who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oskar FC's Stuart Ferdinand was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. CJ Willets kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Freddie Fitzsymon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lance Lowndes was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Lance Lowndes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bobby Lobb's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. If Freddie Fitzsymon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bobby Lobb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lance Lowndes having to interfere. Thomas Sutcliffe's late challenge caught a FC Targowa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thomas Sutcliffe helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute, Thomas Sutcliffe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oskar FC's Stuart Ferdinand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Oskar FC from getting a goal against them. When Oskar FC's Bobby Lobb in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Targowa's goalie prevented a goal. After 83 minutes, Jay Longstaff mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Targowa and the Oskar FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 83rd minute, Jay Longstaff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the FC Targowa defense, Freddie Fitzsymon kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lance Lowndes. The FC Targowa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lance Lowndes should have stopped the shot. After having played for 94 minutes, Freddie Fitzsymon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Oskar FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Freddie Fitzsymon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that Oskar FC were the better team. Oskar FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.