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Codicote Stadium
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Byron Pilkington during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Crawley's Glenn Alsford proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Crawley from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Crawley getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Jamal Hargreaves hit a great ball. Alexis Gullit fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Glenn Alsford having to interfere. Chesney Lineker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ron Lofthouse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damian Buckle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chesney Lineker having to interfere. Damian Buckle 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. Faithless FC were furious when Ashley Mortlock was red carded, 31 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee gave Crawley a penalty, 33 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Fraser Godfrey, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Faithless FC's Chesney Lineker. 0-1. In the 37th minute Jamal Hargreaves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chesney Lineker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ron Lofthouse struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Chesney Lineker didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crawley. In the 41st minute, Jamal Hargreaves got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tristram Leeson's late challenge caught a Crawley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tristram Leeson helped the player get up and apologised. Tristram Leeson kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 56th minute, Stefan Bray hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chesney Lineker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Buckle in the 58th minute of the match. 63 minutes in the game, Damian Buckle fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Chesney Lineker having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Lance Hardy managed to get in a good position for a shot. Faithless FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lance Hardy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Glenn Alsford breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 68 minutes, Todd Featherson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Faithless FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Todd Featherson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Crawley's Ron Lofthouse slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Chesney Lineker. That made the score 0-2 after 70 minutes of play. Chesney Lineker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ron Lofthouse in the 84th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Byron Pilkington had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chesney Lineker. Faithless FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Byron Pilkington was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Ron Lofthouse who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 92ndth minute tested the skills of Chesney Lineker when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Crawley eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.