Shaftesbury Crusade 2 vs 1 Ashley FC

An open start to the match saw both teams waste decent opportunites to take the lead, but the Ashley defence was finally undone with an incisive pass and a neat finish into the corner. Charlie Alsop then made an early appearance from the bench to take advantage of the Shaftesbury keeper's woeful clearance, turning to fire the ball in from the edge of the box. Crusade took the lead again shortly after the break when Ashley's defence got caught scrambling from a misplaced pass, but 2 missed penalties from Shaftesbury's number 9 signalled the end of their dominance during the 2nd half, as Ashley threw an extra man forward when Hill replaced Nichol. He got into some dangerous positions but couldn't find the finish they were after, while the best effort came from Dan Sims, who completed a trio of headers only to see the ball bounce to safety after striking the underside of the bar.