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Bury St Edmunds Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ritchie Robertson got the match started through his kick off. Pierce Askew sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gregory Sansom fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Friend having to interfere. In the 13th minute of the match Lewis Pointon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nathanial Froggatt showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ritchie Robertson in the 18th minute of play forced Bury St Edmunds City's goalkeeper Nathanial Froggatt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th match minute, Bury St Edmunds City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Chapman to maneuver through the defense. After 22 minutes, Danny Ellershaw mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bury St Edmunds City and the Alsager players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Bury St Edmunds City getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Danny Ellershaw hit a great ball. Walter Dobson took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nathanial Froggatt. Bury St Edmunds City's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 23rd match minute, Bury St Edmunds City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danny Ellershaw to maneuver through the defense. Nathanial Froggatt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ritchie Robertson in the 25th minute of the match. When Junior Ellis came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Alsager 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 Junior Ellis couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Bury St Edmunds City getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Steven Westlake hit a great ball. Ritchie Robertson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nathanial Froggatt having to interfere. After 38 minutes, Reuben Beckford mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bury St Edmunds City and the Alsager players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of Bury St Edmunds City:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Alsager:s goal. Walter Dobson shot the penalty kick right outside the post. If Junior Ellis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gregory Sansom stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nathanial Froggatt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ritchie Robertson in the 54th minute of the match. 54 minutes into the game, Ritchie Robertson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Nathanial Froggatt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. David Friend took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gregory Sansom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nathanial Froggatt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ritchie Robertson in the 61st minute of play. Bury St Edmunds City's Danny Ellershaw got his second yellow card of the match in the 65th minute. The referee ordered Danny Ellershaw off the ground. Junior Ellis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Ritchie Robertson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nathanial Froggatt was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Ritchie Robertson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Nathanial Froggatt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pierce Askew's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but David Friend read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. Ricky Deacon kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Pierce Askew received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. David Friend tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pierce Askew might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over David Friend. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pierce Askew ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 86 minutes, Ritchie Robertson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Alsager's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ritchie Robertson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Bury St Edmunds City's zone, Junior Ellis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nathanial Froggatt came out of the goal and Junior Ellis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 94 minutes into the match, Ritchie Robertson dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nathanial Froggatt, 0-2.