The contest was evenly-matched throughout most of the game, but Tring certainly had the better chances in the early part of the match. In the 4th minute a fine Tring move culminated in a through pass to Kevin Chakaodza, who stabbed a shot from six yards that came back off the post. On 14 minutes Wayne Barber's corner was met at the near post by Ceri Marshman with a glancing header that went inches over the angle of crossbar and far post. A minute later Alex Kinsley's corner from the other side was misjudged by Flackwell keeper Stewart Poole and hit the crossbar.

There was another promising moment on 30 minutes when Kinsley broke from defence and exchanged passes with Chakaodza before hitting a shot from an angle that was well saved by Poole. Four minutes later Jamie Hall made a surging run into the box before squaring the ball, but Poole was on the spot again as he grabbed the ball from Chakaodza's feet before he could shoot. On 39 minutes another chance went begging when Marshman headed wide from Hall's cross.

Tring keeper David Clark hadn't been forced into a serious save up to this point, but it was he who was picking the ball out of the net on 41 minutes. Paul Catlin crossed from near the touchline, and Kevin Franklin got ahead of the Tring defenders to stab the ball home at the near post and send Flackwell into the break ahead.

After showing lots of attacking ideas in the first half, Tring's display in the second half was a disappointment. Too often the final ball was found wanting, and Tring did not put in a telling cross throughout the half. A long-range shot from Paul Turner brought a save out of Poole on 57 minutes, and Kinsley's snap shot from the edge of the area on 73 minutes went just wide.

However, Flackwell always looked threatening on the break, and Clark had to produce a couple of good saves from Franklin on 58 minutes and Jason Bowler on 77 minutes to keep Tring in the game. The second goal did not arrive until three minutes from time. Leon Hibbert's tackle just inside the area sent Catlin to the ground, and Bowler netted the resulting penalty to secure the points for Flackwell.