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Neilburg Park
Spectators: 6738 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Maurice Gaines took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes of play, Haileybury's Allan Duplanty made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Percy Wyatt was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Neilburg FC's goalkeeper Percy Wyatt, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gail Call struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Ollie Rhéaume didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Neilburg FC. Neilburg FC's Ermenegilde Paul got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, Maurice Gaines notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Neilburg FC's Percy Wyatt. Percy Wyatt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16th minute, Gail Call hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Maurice Gaines managed to get in a good position for a shot. Haileybury's supporters rose to their feet, but Maurice Gaines was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Percy Wyatt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Percy Wyatt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurice Gaines in the 20th minute of the match. Percy Wyatt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Henri Block went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 24 minutes into the match, Maurice Gaines had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Percy Wyatt. Neilburg FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maurice Gaines was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Percy Wyatt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kris Guillory in the 34th minute of play. Percy Wyatt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maurice Gaines in the 36th minute of play. Maurice Gaines received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Percy Wyatt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurice Gaines in the 43rd minute of play forced Neilburg FC's goalkeeper Percy Wyatt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Percy Wyatt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maurice Gaines's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Percy Wyatt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benny Kimbrough, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Haileybury were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Marcellus Myers made the kick off in the second half. Percy Wyatt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kris Guillory, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Neilburg FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ermenegilde Paul hit a great ball. Maurice Gaines came free with the goalkeeper in the 64th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Percy Wyatt could save by the left post. Percy Wyatt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benny Kimbrough in the 70th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Maurice Gaines could shoot a difficult shot in the 71st minute, which Percy Wyatt however easily saved by the left post. 73 minutes into the match, Maurice Gaines notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Neilburg FC's Percy Wyatt. Percy Wyatt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Maurice Gaines sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maurice Gaines succeeded in the game's 78th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-6. If Kris Guillory had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 87 minutes into the match, Maurice Gaines notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Neilburg FC's Percy Wyatt. Percy Wyatt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 91st match minute, Neilburg FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gail Call to maneuver through the defense. Maurice Gaines scored 0-8 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Percy Wyatt, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match was over Haileybury could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Neilburg FC throughout the match.