02/05/2026
⚽West Midlands Regional League Div 1⚽
Old Wulfrunians 2 Bartley Reds 3
Played at The Memorial Ground, Castlecroft.
The visitors were quickly into their stride with Old Wulfs penned in their own half for the first ten minutes but the hosts soon got to grips with their opponents physical game,givng as good as they got.What was obvious for the whole of the first period was the lack of direct shots on goal with most efforts being high,wide and not very handsome.
Just 3 minutes into the second period,Wulfs took the lead in farcical circumstances. The ref blew for what everyone thought was a free kick for Reds but was actually for Wulfs and some quick thinking from the hosts caught the keeper way off his line and the free kick went sailing over his head into the back of the net⚽. Just over 10 minutes later Reds levelled via a penalty and added another soon after⚽ ; a superb cross from the right after good work from number 11,was met with a bullet header into the net⚽. The game was becoming very scrappy with multiple free kicks for niggling little fouls and it was from one of these that Wulfs equalised⚽. That looked to be game over but Reds gave it one more go and from another cross the ball was scrambled home for a winner⚽.
This was a good,physical encounter with some superb tackling and not a sign of 'on the beach'.
It's not often the referee is mentioned in our blog but we thought todays man in the middle was very good ; he let the physical side of the game go unhindered as long as it was within bounds which, in turn,made for a good spectacle for the neutral.
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| League table prior to todays match. |
Entry ; Free. Last game of the season.
Drink ; from £1.30
Referee ; 9/10
Att ; 35 est
Entertainment ; 9/10
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