Proper Football

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Khalsa dumped out of FA Cup.

5/9/2026

⚽ FA Cup ⚽

Sporting Khalsa 0 Leek Town 5

Played at Guardian Warehousing Arena

Entrance ; £7 (Age concession)

Drink ; £2 (coffee)

Referee ; 8/10

Att ; 120 est

Entertainment ; 8/10

Saturday, 15 August 2026

Tividale overwhelmed by Wolverhampton City

15/08/26

⚽Midland Football League⚽

Tividale 0 AFC Wolverhampton City 3

Not too much to report here as this was about the most one-sided game imaginable. Early in the game it was clear to all there was only going to be one winner ; the surprise was it took City almost all of the first half to score, so praise indeed to the Tivi defenders for their stirling efforts in denying the visitors. When it did arrive on 42 minutes,the goal was as simple as they come...corner, low header into the net⚽.Both sides struggled to play any sort of decent football with the ground being baked hard and it being a hot day.

Within minutes of the restart City added a second⚽. To be fair to Tivi, there was no sign of heads dropping but the final pass was never good enough as City continued to enjoy the bulk of possession and just before the end they added a third from the spot⚽.

Tividale were never short on effort but they were no match for City on the day who,it has to be said were worthy winners.

Entrance ; £5 (age concession)

Drink ; £1

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 100 (est)

Entertainment ; 8/10

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Nantwich earn an FA Cup replay.

⚽FA Cup⚽

Sporting Khalsa 1 Nantwich Town 1

This game was a real treat to watch ; two very well-matched sides giving it everything with the visitors representing the league from which Khalsa were relegated. It was soon obvious there would be few goals with each cancelling out the other, resulting in a parcity of goal attempts other than Town rattling the post early on.

10 minutes after the break a melee in the vistors area resulted in Khalsa taking the lead via Taylor⚽. They probably deserved it for an excellent first half and a good start to the second. For a while,Town were under the cosh but regained their composure and gradually imposed themselves,pushing their hosts deeper. Their break came when the referee decided the Khalsa defenders tackle was worthy of a red card.It wasn't,he got that wrong. Minutes later,from a separate incident, Town scored from the penalty spot⚽.

Such was the effort on display from both teams,it was difficult to separate them,so I suppose a draw was the correct result but it has to be repeated, we were both of the opinion the ref got the red card wrong.

Entrance ; £7 (age concession)

Drink ; £2

Referee ; 5/10

Att ; 100 est

Entertainment ; 9.5/10

Saturday, 1 August 2026

Bilston Town off to a good start.

⚽North West Counties League First Div South⚽

Bilston Town 2 Shawbury United 0

Fans thirsting for their first league football of the season packed into Queen Street stadium as newcomers to the NWCL, Bilston Town entertained Shawbury Utd.

On a bone-hard pitch,where an entertaining passing game was never going to happen,the visitors were first into their stride,putting early pressure on the hosts without a real goal threat. Town worked themselves into the game and as the half progressed,it was they who posed the goal threat. Players from both sides were constantly deceived by the amount of bounce ; it seemed the ball only had to hit a blade of grass and it would bounce a foot in th air.

Following the break,Shawbury began much the better but as was evident from the first half,they lacked a cutting edge up front.Bilston upped their game and it paid dividends on 63 minutes as Dixon scored⚽. A second always looked on the cards and it came just 7 minutes later when Crump only had to tap in⚽.

There wasn't a lot to choose between these two but the major difference was up front.Town always looked threatening whereas Utd, had two great chances but were unable to take them.

Credit to both sides for putting on a decent show on a difficult pitch.

Entrance ; £6 (concession)

Drink ; £1 (bottled water)

Referee ; 7/10

Att ; 230

Entertainment ; 9/10 (difficult conditions)

Saturday, 9 May 2026

Chasetown Reserves complete their League/Cup double.

09/05/2026

⚽West Midlands Regional League⚽

Division 1 League Cup Final

Bartley Reds FC 1 Chasetown Reserves 2

Played at Tipton Sports Academy

Chasetown were looking to complete a League/League Cup double with 3rd placed Reds hoping to deny them that accolade.

Chasetown had Reds under plenty of pressure for the first 15 minutes, but the well-organised Reds defence held firm. Gradually Reds were looking more like an attacking force and it was them who came closest to open the scoring but for some wayward shots. Chasetown broke the deadlock on 28 minutes with an excellent goal, the forward receiving the ball with his back to goal,withstood a tackle,turned and smacked the ball into the net. A second always looked likely and it came right before the break, the ball rebounding off the bar and belted into the far corner. The break was probably what Reds needed, to clear heads and reorganise and thats exactly what happened as they looked much more of an attacking force, taking the game to their opponents and being extremely unlucky on three efforts,two of which were down to superb saves. Things took a turn for the worst for Reds when they had a man sent off(2 yellows) but they got their just desserts on 67 minutes with a headed goal from number 5. It really was game on now with Reds looking the more threatening and to stir things up even more, Chasetown now had a man sent off(2 yellows). Both sides were denied by some great goalkeeping in the remaining minutes but Chasetown were able to complete their double.

A real cup-tie which got better as the game went on. Congrats to Chasetown Reserves on this result and of course on completing their League/League Cup double. Commiserations to Bartley Reds who more than played their part in a good contest.