Bridgnorth progress in FA Vase.

   23/08/25                                               ⚽    FA Vase ⚽

AFC Wolverhampton City 2 AFC Bridgnorth 2

(4 - 5 after penalties)

This was a fairly drab encounter with the visitors eventually getting the result they deserved via penalties.

Following a rebranding(why ?), City (previously named AFC Wulfrunians) took the lead on 18 minutes with a skilfully placed overhead kick. From that moment on,this was all about the visitors who,for the first 30 minutes seemed content to hoof the ball upfield but once it dawned on them that this was getting them nowhere,they decided to play a passing game and that paid dividends.

Following the break,the visitors eqalised with a brilliant goal direct from a corner kick and began to dominate. running the hosts ragged whilst missing a host of chances. A second goal was always on the cards for Bridgnorth and it duly arrived on 83 minutes with a pile-driver from their number 9,giving the keeper no chance. A 2-1 lead is always suspect and so it proved as,against the run of play,City levelled late on. Bridgnorth got their just desserts via penalties.

Bridgnorth deserved their passage to the next round for their enterprising football ; as for City,they will know they were run ragged and need to revisit the drawing board.

Entry ; £5 concession

Drink ; £2

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 80 est

Entertainment ; 7/10

Khalsa in a goal-fest.

                                   FA Cup Preliminary Round

Sporting Khalsa 5  Inkberrow 1

What an unbelievably strange game. In the third minute the visitors took the lead as their number 7 seemed to waltz his way through the home defence and score. From that moment on, the feeling was there was only going to be one winner as the visitors easily soaked up anything thrown at them by an under-par Khalsa .

Something had to change for the hosts and following the break and a couple of substitutions Khalsa looked a different team as they tore into the opposition, with 3 good goal attempts in the first 10 minutes,with the last of these resulting in a leveler on 56 minutes. The hosts were by now,well on top and on 71 minutes took the lead via their number 11 and 10 minutes later a third was added. Another two goals wrapped it up for a well-deserved result(and a hat-trick for number 11) for the hosts after such a poor first-half showing. 

Entry ; £6 concession

Drink ; from £1.50

Referee ; 9/10

Att ; 90 est

Entertainment ; 8/10

Casuals fight back from an early setback.

                  ⚽ North West Counties League North⚽

                     Wolverhampton Casuals 4  Alsager Town 1

Straight from the off, the visitors were on the front foot and Casuals were finding it difficult to mount any sort of attacking momentum, so it was no surprise on 20 minutes when Alsager took the lead albeit via comical circumstances. From a corner,the ball came in very low and ended in the back of the net. It was credited to Finlay Jackson⚽. This,apparently, was just what Casuals needed as they seemed to up their game immediately and within 10 minutes they were level with a superb effort from Jonathan Letford who turned and beat 2 defenders before slotting the ball home in the far corner⚽. The game continued with the hosts having the better of it and but for some wayward efforts would have been leading.

The second half began with Alsager seemingly content to absorb pressure and hit Casuals on the break but that plan failed to materialise and on 61 minutes Charlie Swingwood nodded home a second⚽. It was mostly all one way now with Casuals hunting a third and it came on 81 minutes with a second goal from the impressive Letford⚽. This seemed to knock the stuffing out of the visitors and on 91minutes a fourth goal was added via a penalty from Kyri Kourouyianni⚽.

Casuals deserved their win for coming back strongly from an early setback while Alsager seemed to tire visibly towards the end.

Entry ; £3

Drink ; £2

Referee ; 8/10

Att ; 60 est

Entertainment 8/10