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F.I.V.E Arena
Spectators: 7970 (Terracing: 5979, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Howard Howard took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to FIVE Wizards getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Brendon Parks hit a great ball. After 6 played minutes FIVE Wizards got a freekick which was hit by Chesney Duffield. After 8 played minutes, Titan Boys FC's Gez Heslop shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luke Newlyn 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 Titan Boys FC reached it. Ralph Hutchins was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Howard Howard capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Howard Howard really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Benjamin Atherton 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ollie Brooke in the 30th minute of play forced FIVE Wizards's goalkeeper Luke Newlyn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carl May fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ralph Hutchins having to interfere. A collision led to FIVE Wizards getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Brendon Parks hit a great ball. Luke Newlyn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ollie Brooke in the 38th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Benjamin Atherton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Luke Newlyn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Garry Middlewood charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Garry Middlewood the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FIVE Wizards's Garry Middlewood got a free kick in the 45th minute. Luke Newlyn came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Titan Boys FC's Conal Pollock. But to his dismay, Conal Pollock quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ollie Brooke stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, FIVE Wizards was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brendon Parks to maneuver through the defense. Carl May received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ralph Hutchins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carl May received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Ralph Hutchins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Carl May came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the FIVE Wizards 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 Carl May couldn't finish the play. In the 79th minute, Howard Howard ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ralph Hutchins was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Ralph Hutchins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Howard Howard in the 86th minute of play. Ralph Hutchins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chesney Duffield went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-3 was the resulting score. Conal Pollock hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. After 95 played minutes Titan Boys FC got a freekick which was hit by Francis Connery. The audience held their breath when Brendon Parks in the 96th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Ralph Hutchins's left hand side. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. FIVE Wizards were victorious despite being under pressure from Titan Boys FC for much of the match.