Casuals move out of relegation places.

 8/11/2025

         ⚽North West Counties League⚽

Wolverhampton Casuals 3 Haughmond 0

In essence, this game could be viewed as a '6-pointer',with both teams occupying relegation spots. To be honest,apart from plenty of endeavour,the first half was nothing to write home about as the two well-matched sides cancelled each other out.

Following the break, Casuals upped their game considerably and reaped dividends when Poskitt scored on 53 minutes⚽. The way the hosts were playing,more goals had to come and it fell to Poskitt  on 66 minutes to increase their lead⚽. The visitors really were struggling to contain their hosts and Chilton put them out of their misery on 76 minutes⚽.

To be fair to the visitors,they often looked a better side than their league position suggests but they are seriously lacking any kind of cutting edge up front;Casuals,on the other hand, should be able to build on this demolition job now it has taken them out of the relegation places.

Entrance ; £3 concession

Drink ; £2.50

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 75

Entertainment ; 9/10

Khalsa undone by slick Avro.

 1/11/2025

Northern Premier League West Division

Sporting Khalsa 1  Avro 2

The early minutes were pretty even with no sign the visitors were such high-flyers and Khalsa rammed home this point when taking the lead in the tenth minute via Tilt who, it has to be said, could hardly miss from a wonderfully floated cross from the right from Landell. Scoring opportunities were at a premium but Avro always looked the more dangerous when they did manage to breach Khalsas' rearguard but the hosts seemed to  deal fairly comfortably with most of their efforts.That changed just before the break when the visitors rattled the hosts bar on 40 minutes and just before the whistle Salt was Johnny-on -the-spot to tap home the equaliser.

It seemed harsh words were dispatched in the away dressing-room at half-time as Avro upped their game considerably and Khalsa were under the cosh.The feeling was something had to give for the visitors and it  duly arrived on 87 minutes when Hawley rifled a cross-shot from the left into the right-hand corner. It was no more than they deserved for their enterprising second-half efforts. Khalsa did come close to a leveller but it was not to be. A torrential downpour in the final 10 minutes added to the spectacle.

This was a brilliant game to watch with fine performances from both sides ; Khalsa did nothing wrong but they were up against a very good side on the day and this result pushed Avro up to third in the table. 

Entrance ; £7

Drink ; £2

Referee ; 5/10

Att ; 80 -100 est

Entertainment ; 9/10

Tipton Town improving.

  18/10/2025       

                 ⚽West Midlands Regional League Premier Div⚽

Tipton Town 4  Stourport Swifts Alliance 1

This game didn't take long to come to life with Town forward number 9 turning the defender and curling one into  the far corner in the first minute⚽. Town were having more of it than their opponents and but for some weak finishing, could have had another couple of goals in just the first 20 minutes. Swifts looked fine in midfield and ok in defence but they lacked a cutting edge up front.

15 minutes after the break,Town increased their lead with a header at the far post⚽ ; within a minute of the restart Swifts reduced the arrears. Swifts were repelling all that Town were throwing at them but then gave away a soft penalty which was duly despatched despite  a valiant attempt to save it⚽. Any remote chance of Swifts rescueing anything from the game went out of the window a couple of minutes later when their keeper was red-carded for handling outside the area and from the resulting free-kick,Town added a fourth⚽.

A case could be made for Swifts believing they were better than the score suggests but a counter  to that is the fact they really do struggle in front of goal whereas Town always looked the more threatening.

 

Entrance ; £3 (concession)

Drink ; £2

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 50 est

Entertainment ; 9/10

Wednesfield fight back in local derby.

            ⚽Midland Football League Div 1⚽

Wednesfield Community 1  Bilston Town 1

As local derbies go, this was a bit of a damp squib to begin with ; hard to tell if high-flying visitors Bilston Town were having a bit of an off-day or hosts Wednesfield got their nullifying tactics just right, in front of a bumper crowd. Whatever, the result was a fairly mundane first half with both sides guilty of some glaring misses.

Following the break, things definitely took a turn for the better as the visitors upped their game and were rewarded with a goal on the hour mark ; a goalbound effort was saved,only for the ball to fall at the feet of the visitors number 10(I may be wrong on the player) who    smacked it home⚽. For a while, it looked more likely Bilston would increase their lead but Wednesfield gained a second wind as the game drew to a close and minutes from full-timethey were awarded a penalty which was duly despatched by number 6⚽.

Honours even was probably the right result as neither side really did enough on the day to earn three points.

   

Entrance ; £5 concession

Drink ; £1.50

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 150+ (est)

Entertainment ; 8/10