Midland Football Alliance 5/4/2014
Tividale v Coventry Sphinx
You certainly get the
impression nerves are beginning to fray at the edges as the season
draws to a conclusion and Tividale home in on the title. They have
enjoyed an unbelievable season and look destined to move up a
level,having looked to all but blinkered observers,the best team in
this league by some way. But this is April, the time when realisation
kicks in ; the time when tired limbs are asked to go the extra mile,
play three games a week ; the time when crunching tackles that were
brushed off with a grin earlier in the season, now leave players
grimacing in pain. This is pressure time.
Coventry Sphinx came to
town with their own record of six wins and a draw in the last eight
games. Obviously a side to be reckoned with ; and it showed. Highly
organised with a terrific defence and a midfield with the uncanny
ability to win nearly every second ball. They had absorbed all that
Tividale could throw at them and with virtually their first serious
attack they took the lead on 24 minutes. The keeper got his hands to
it but it had been hit with some power. The hosts certainly looked a
little off colour but that would be taking away from the visitors who
really do look a competent side. Tividale drew level on the stroke of
half-time with a goal of some quality,the ball being fired from way
out on the right wing into the far top corner leaving the keeper
grasping at thin air.
Half-time ; Tividale1
Coventry Sphinx 1
If anything,the
visitors improved in the second half forcing errors from the home
side and from a free kick,they again took the lead following a
goal-mouth scramble. Tividale are top for a reason. They're a very
good team and don't know when they are beaten. With the clock winding
down and the visitors seemingly home and dry with three points in
their pockets and weathering persistent Tividale pressure, a low
cross was fired in from the right and headed into the net.
This was probably a
fair result. It wasn't a vintage display from the hosts but as
already stated, you can't be brilliant all the time ! I think this
may be the first time I've seen CS and I was impressed.
As for MOTM, there were
a couple of contenders from each side but my vote goes to the
visitors' number 5.
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Result ; Tividale 2 Coventry Sphinx 2
Entrance ; £3(concession)
Programme ; sold out
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 117
Referee ; Good
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