Lichfield take the points in a tight game.

 22/02/2025

   ⚽Midland Football League Premier Division⚽

AFC Wulfrunians 0  Lichfield City 1

                                                                                                    Played at The Prestige Midland Arena

The final result is just about right but Wulfrunians ran the league leaders mighty close indeed.

The early exchanges involved a long-ball game from the visitors and the hosts being harried into panick defending.As the game settled,City had more possession but scoring opportunities were at a premium...from both sides. When a chance did arrive,it was City who took it, in the 20th minute with a cleverly headed goal from a corner⚽. 

As the half progressed,Wulfrunians were looking much better without actually threatening a goal but their chance came on 40 minutes when they were awarded a penalty which was brilliantly saved by the keeper.

The second half saw a definite improvement in Wulfrunians and a  response from the visitors of 'what we have,we hold'. City did have a couple of chances but they didn't really test the keeper.

All in all,not a bad game. City take the points but they will have been glad to hear the final whistle while Wulfs put in a tremendous second-half effort without testing the keeper too much.

Entrance ; £4 concession

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 7/10

Att ; 100est

Entertainment ; 7/10 

Romulus take the points in a dour contest.

 15/02/25  Overcast with light rain

 ⚽Midland Football League Premier Division⚽

Wolverhampton Casuals 0  Romulus 1

 This was a dour encounter indeed with each cancelling out the other. The early exchanges favoured Casuals but their lack of a cutting edge was plain to see as good build-up play was repeatedly let down by poor finishing. On 25 minutes, Romulus took the lead when, following a promising attack, the home keeper could'nt hold on to a rasping shot and the resulting dropped ball ended up in the back of the net⚽ This seemed to spur the visitors and they went looking for a second but the home defence held firm.

The second half was mainly a story of  the visitors putting 10 men behind the ball and saying to Casuals 'break us down..if you can' and try as they might, the hosts were unable to do just that. Casuals were almost caught out on a couple of occasions as the visitors broke but the writing was on the wall  for all to see.

Casual will probably feel hard done by with the effort they exerted, and nothing to show for it but credit to Romulus for their sterling defensive work.

Entry ; £5 concession

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 7/10

Att ; 35

Entertainment ; 7/10

Terrific attacking display from Oldbury bags the points

       ⚽West Midlands Regional League  Div 1⚽

Oldbury United 4  PS Olympic 2 

                                                                                                           Played at Tipton Sports Academy

On a bitterly cold afternoon these two sides served up a treat of attacking football with the hosts putting high-flying Olympic to the sword.

Defence was certainly not on the minds of these two teams as they went at each other straight from the kick-off and it was Oldbury  who struck first ; their number 9 received the ball on the half-way line and outran the defender to put the ball past the keeper. Superb. 💥⚽

The game continued end to end  and on 40 minutes Olympic drew level from a good move resulting in number 10 easily beating the keeper 💥⚽ 

Just before the break Oldbury regained the lead through 'Johnny-on- the-spot' Number 9 for his and the teams' 2nd goal💥⚽

On the hour, following a scintillating start to the half, Oldbury were awarded a penalty, duly despatched by number 9 to complete his hat-trick(which, to be fair , he deserved)💥⚽

Oldbury were on fire and on 73 minutes added a fourth following a corner(difficult to see who scored, either 6 or 8)💥⚽. Olympic were in danger of being overun, such was the superiority of their opponents but confounded us all by reducing the arrears on 82 minutes ; their number 10 had the easiest header he'll have all season to nod the ball home from a superb cross💥⚽.

This was a real good game for fan and neutral alike ; another example of the sort of attacking football rarely seen on tv.

Entry ; £5 concession

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 30 est

Entertainment ; 9/10

Bilston Town leave it late but take the points.

                         ⚽Midland Football League Div 1⚽

Bilston Town 2  Stapenhill 1

Bilston deserved their win for their second-half performance. They are always roared on by a noisy band of supporters and today was no exception.

The early exchanges were nothing to write home about with the hosts having the lions share of what attacking play there was. For a team in the lower reaches of the division, the visitors showed remarkable resilience to everything Bilston could throw at them and on 20 minutes they took the lead ; a corner was whipped over beyond the far post and was headed down and smashed into the roof of the net(missed the players name)💥⚽. They continued looking dangerous when transitioning and there were a few wobbles in the home defence.

Half-time saw us enjoying a coffee in the clubhouse and a chat to a couple of fellas,one of which told us he travels from Coventry to watch Bilston games,home and away !

Following the break, Bilston upped the ante but,as previously, struggled to break down a well organised, resolute defence. Something had to give and on 82 minutes the hosts were awarded a penalty, duly dispatched by number 5 Spragg(I think)💥⚽. It was no more than they deserved for their energetic,high tempo display and the icing on the cake was a winning goal in the 90th minute from number 11💥⚽.

Town were full value for the 3 points while Stapenhill couldn't maintain their early vigour.

One downside of the game was one of the Bilston players suffered a broken ankle and best wishes for a speedy recovery to him.

Entry ; £5 (concession)

Hot drink ; From £1.50

Referee ; 4/10

Att ; c 100

Entertainment value ; 9/10