Tividale progress in FA Vase

                              ⚽Isuzu FA Vase 2nd Qualifying Round⚽

Tividale 1  Abbey Hulton Utd 0

Played at The Beeches, Tividale

There was a good atmosphere at The Beeches mainly due to the visitors bringing a sizeable contingent of fans and they had plenty to cheer early on as their team saw plenty of possession without seriously troubling the home keeper and this was a recurring theme for them throughout most of  the game. The two sides were fairly evenly matched, with the visitors looking more compact and organised,that is until the 26th minute when the hosts number 3 despatched a wonderful free kick leaving the visiting keeper rooted to the spot. The visitors continued as before, plenty of the ball with little end result.

The second half was altogether different as the hosts upped their game considerably and as a result there were many hairy moments in the visitors' penalty area but the ball was cleared on each occasion and the hosts were unlucky not to add to their lead.

The visitors piled on the pressure as the game drew to a close but Tividale held firm  and it is they who progress to the next round.

A good game with plenty of entertainment from both sides.

  

It's a goal !

Entrance ; £4 concession

Programme ; £2

Drink ; £1

Referee ; 9/10

Entertainment value ; 9/10

Crowd ; 100 est 

Warstones and Gornal in a Goal-fest

                           ⚽ West Midlands Regional League Div 1⚽

                     Warstones Wanderers 5  Gornal Athletic 3

                                              Played at The Cottage Ground, Amos Lane.

This was pure football entertainment. You name it, this game had it; thundering(but legal, well mostly) tackles, two red cards and most importantly.....goals galore.

The visitors were quickly into their stride and certainly had the momentum for the first 25 or so minutes and were justly rewarded for their endeavors with a goal around the half-hour mark.Their lead lasted about two minutes as Wanderers roared back to level the scores.

With half-time fast approaching the hosts dealt Athletic a devastating blow with two goals in as many minutes.

Gornal started the second half by reducing the arrears on 40 minutes and were bossing possession when I idly remarked to my mate ' You watch, Wanderers will break away and score after Athletic have been all over them '. Prediction correct, score now 4-2. Athletic, still looking dangerous were all over Wanderers who were relying on breakaways .The visitors were having none of it and replied with a third of their own.

Wanderers were reduced to 10 by a red card but it didn't stop them as they added a fifth before losing another player to a red card. It was then 'backs to the wall' stuff but the hosts hung on for a victory in an extremely entertaining clash. Credit to both teams.

Entrance ; £3 concession

Programme ; £1 

Drink ; 50p

Referee ; 7/10

Entertainment ; 9/10

AFC Wulfrunians put Worcester City to the sword.

                            ⚽Midland Football League Premier Div⚽     3/09/22

                         AFC Wulfrunians 4 Worcester City 1

Played at CKW Stadium

This was a real good game despite the whistle-happy referee doing his best to spoil it ; we lost count of the number of players receiving yellow cards for nothing more than innocuous-looking fouls.

Two early goals from Wulfrunians piled pressure on the visitors but they were given some hope on 16 minutes when awarded a penalty which was initially saved but eventually put away by Shaw.

Wulfrunians continued  to enjoy the bulk of possession and on 35 minutes Meggoe scored the goal of the game, skipping through challenges to plant the ball in the far corner. On the hour mark the hosts put the game seemingly beyond the visitors reach when Reeves outjumped defenders to head home.

City played well enough and will play worse than this and win but on the day Wulfrunians outshone them.

  

Entrance ; £5

Programme ; £1.50

Drink ; £1.50

Crowd ; 120est

Referee ; 6/10

Entertainment value ; 8/10