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Halkirk Park
Spectators: 6771 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Duncan Richardson started the match with the kick off. Nigel Coutts received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Harry Wharrie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 11 minutes, Steve Crombie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Halkirk AFC and the Carnoustie City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Steve Crombie hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Halkirk AFC's Harry Wharrie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nigel Coutts in the 13th minute of play. Harry Wharrie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronan Haddon in the 14th minute of the match. Steve Morrison kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Harry Wharrie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nigel Coutts in the 21st minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, Halkirk AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Steve Crombie to maneuver through the defense. Harry Wharrie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nigel Coutts, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 32 minutes into the game, Ronan Haddon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Harry Wharrie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Harry Wharrie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronan Haddon, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, Halkirk AFC's Steve Morrison got a free kick in the 35th minute. Nick Drysdale hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Carnoustie City's Jamie Lammond proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Carnoustie City from getting a goal against them. Colin Fyfe hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nigel Coutts in the 49th minute of play forced Halkirk AFC's goalkeeper Harry Wharrie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nigel Coutts stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Ronan Haddon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute Ronan Haddon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Wharrie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lucas Young fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jamie Lammond having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Duncan Richardson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jamie Lammond. Carnoustie City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Duncan Richardson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Steve Morrison charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Steve Morrison the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Halkirk AFC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Steve Morrison hit a great ball. 63 minutes into the match, Ronan Haddon notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Halkirk AFC's Harry Wharrie. Harry Wharrie was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpected shot in the 69th minute by Ronan Haddon got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ronan Haddon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harry Wharrie having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nigel Coutts's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Harry Wharrie was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. If Lucas Young had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Halkirk AFC's zone, Nigel Coutts stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Harry Wharrie came out of the goal and Nigel Coutts tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nigel Coutts struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Harry Wharrie didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Carnoustie City. 86 minutes into the match, Carnoustie City's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Young came free, but Jamie Lammond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duncan Richardson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 89 minutes into the match, Carnoustie City's goal looked a bit too open when Steve Morrison came free, but Jamie Lammond reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Barry Johnston during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 93rd minute, one of Halkirk AFC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Halkirk AFC. The Carnoustie City supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Carnoustie City would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.