Bilbrook bag 4.

           ⚽West Midlands Regional League Div 2⚽

Bilbrook FC  4  Bewdly Town FC Developments 0

Our first visit of the season to the tidy set-up that is Bilbrook FC. 

The game was all but settled on the quarter hour when the hosts scored two goals in as many minutes⚽⚽ ; this after the visitors had made a strong start but who were soon on the back foot as Bilbrook took control. Ten minutes later it was three ; the central defender in attempting to clear a high ball, shanked it over his own head, leaving the number 9 to out-battle him and smack the ball home⚽. Bewdly were doing ok in defence and midfield but were found lacking where it mattered, up front.

The visitors looked much more aggressive after the break and Bilbrook found them harder to break down but as in the first session, any goal attempts from them were high,wide and not very handsome. Bilbrook added a fourth goal very late in the game⚽.

A good entertaining game with both sides absolutely committed. 

Entrance ; £5 concession

Programme ; N/a

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 9/10

Crowd ; 35 est

Entertainment ; 9/10

Sporting Khalsa on top form.

         ⚽Northern Premier League Midland Div⚽

Sporting Khalsa 3  Coventry Sphinx 0

We had hardly settled in to watch the game and it was 1-0 to Khalsa, Singh receiving the ball with his back to goal, turned and smacked the ball home after 5 minutes⚽. Was this a sign of things to come ? It certainly seemed so as the hosts tore into their opponents, employing a high press and never giving them an extra second on the ball. It worked up to a point, Khalsa dominating but goal efforts were at a premium. Sphinx withstood everything thrown at them and it wasn't until the later stages of the half that they were able to mount any sort of effort. That said, when they did threaten, the home defence stood firm.

The second period carried on where the first finished, with Khalsa dominating but Sphinx looking a lot livelier and definitely more threatening, but just when it looked like they might just make a game of it, James added a second for the hosts⚽. This was the spark for the hosts to basically kill the game and they piled on relentless pressure, hardly giving the visitors time to breathe. Something had to give and near the end Khalsa netted a third via the irrepressible Robinson, standing 5 yards out, belted the ball into the roof of the net⚽. Game over !

Credit to the visitors for withstanding unbelievable pressure for 70 minutes but Khalsa in this kind of form really do take some stopping. A brilliant game for the neutral.  

Entrance ; £5 concession

Programme ; £2

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 9/10

Crowd ; 100 est

Entertainment ; 9/10