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Skegness Stadium
Spectators: 7383 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tommy Baldwin made the kick off which started today's match. Holy Smoke's Joe Story-Moore proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Holy Smoke from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Tommy Baldwin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Holy Smoke's supporters rose to their feet, but Tommy Baldwin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damon Green breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Skegness's Kirk Waterhouse got a free kick in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Tommy Baldwin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damon Green was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Damon Green showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tommy Baldwin in the 11th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Tommy Baldwin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damon Green was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Sid Hindmarsh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 25th minute, Dane Dobson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tommy Baldwin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kirk Waterhouse scored 1-0 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Joe Story-Moore, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Damon Green stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tommy Baldwin's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Bryan Birch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damon Green. Skegness's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bryan Birch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Damon Green stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tommy Baldwin's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sid Hindmarsh made a kick off. Tommy Baldwin struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Damon Green didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Holy Smoke. A hard shot 64 in the game by Tommy Baldwin from a close distance when the talented Damon Green managed to make a qualified save. Skegness's players were relieved. Kirk Waterhouse hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. The supporters of Holy Smoke booed when Skegness was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kirk Waterhouse didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tommy Baldwin in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Damon Green, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Tommy Baldwin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Holy Smoke's supporters rose to their feet, but Tommy Baldwin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Damon Green breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommy Baldwin in the 79th minute of play forced Skegness's goalkeeper Damon Green to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 played minutes Skegness got a freekick which was hit by Kirk Waterhouse. After 82 minutes, Tommy Baldwin made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Skegness's Damon Green tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Skegness's Damon Green proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Skegness from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Skegness's Kirk Waterhouse got a free kick in the 91st minute. After 94 played minutes, Holy Smoke's Ruben Nevin shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Damon Green 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 Holy Smoke reached it. If Tommy Baldwin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the final whistle sounded Holy Smoke left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Skegness.