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Sowerby Bridge
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ivica Smailagic hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Sowerby Bridge AFC's Elvis Đinđinović ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Niša Buzdovan. Niša Buzdovan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Niša Buzdovan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elvis Đinđinović's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. After 13 played minutes, Sowerby Bridge AFC's Sanel Roganović shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Niša Buzdovan came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sowerby Bridge AFC reached it. Elvis Đinđinović's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Niša Buzdovan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 19thth minute of the game Elvis Đinđinović who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Partington's Niša Buzdovan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 19 minutes, Strahinja Ćetković mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sowerby Bridge AFC and the Partington players grew even worse after the yellow card. Strahinja Ćetković kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute of the match, Elvis Đinđinović tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Niša Buzdovan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Sowerby Bridge AFC's Petko Popara got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Elvis Đinđinović in the 25thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Niša Buzdovan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Simo Savić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute, Elvis Đinđinović ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niša Buzdovan was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bratoljub Praščević in the 31st minute of play forced Partington's goalkeeper Niša Buzdovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvis Đinđinović's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Niša Buzdovan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When Sowerby Bridge AFC's Elvis Đinđinović in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Partington's goalie prevented a goal. Ivica Smailagic's late challenge caught a Sowerby Bridge AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivica Smailagic helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, Partington was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivica Smailagic to maneuver through the defense. If Strahinja Ćetković had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Partington's Dario Medojević got a free kick in the 41st minute. When the match clock showed 43 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Elvis Đinđinović sped through Partington's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Niša Buzdovan. After 47 played minutes Partington got a freekick which was hit by Čedomir Nenadović. After recieving a nice pass, Sowerby Bridge AFC's Strahinja Ćetković tried to score from far away in the 47th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elvis Đinđinović stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Partington booed when Sowerby Bridge AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sanel Roganović didn't get a good kick on the ball. Niša Buzdovan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Strahinja Ćetković in the 55th minute of play. Elvis Đinđinović blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Niša Buzdovan having to make a save. In the 62ndth minute of the game Elvis Đinđinović who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Partington's Niša Buzdovan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Elvis Đinđinović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Niša Buzdovan having to interfere. Strahinja Ćetković blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Niša Buzdovan having to make a save. During the 67th minute of the match Ivica Smailagic completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ivica Smailagic a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Ivica Smailagic hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the match, Elvis Đinđinović notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Partington's Niša Buzdovan. Niša Buzdovan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jugoslav Luković during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jugoslav Luković hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Niša Buzdovan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elvis Đinđinović's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. Strahinja Ćetković kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Bratoljub Praščević received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Niša Buzdovan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Partington's Niša Buzdovan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elvis Đinđinović in the 86th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Partington's goal looked a bit too open when Elvis Đinđinović came free, but Niša Buzdovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Elvis Đinđinović in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Niša Buzdovan saved Partington from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elvis Đinđinović in the 91st minute of play forced Partington's goalkeeper Niša Buzdovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niša Buzdovan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elvis Đinđinović's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Sowerby Bridge AFC's Elvis Đinđinović got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. There was no doubt that Sowerby Bridge AFC were the better team. Sowerby Bridge AFC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.