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Saturday 28 September 2013

Tipton routed in FA Cup.

                                 FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round
                    Halesowen Town v Tipton Town

Tipton were taken to the cleaners by their EVO-STIK NPL Div 1 opponents in this FA Cup tie. The home side were into the visitors from the off, not giving them a second on the ball and were unlucky on a couple of occasions as the ball pinged around the area and went anywhere but into the net. Ex Tipton player Tonks was unlucky with a nicely flighted shot that hit the bottom of the post and rolled along the goal-line. He was not so lucky two minutes later when given a yellow card. A goal for the home side seemed a formality and it duly came on twenty minutes, followed by another before half-time. The visitors had seemed strangely subdued in the first-half and on 55 minutes Halesowen put the icing on their cake with a third goal. Following substitutions by manager Ian Rowe, the visitors threw caution to the wind in their search for a goal and had one or two chances but they hadn't brought their shooting boots. This opened them up to the inevitable counter-attack from the hosts who cashed in with two more. Indeed, the score could have been more embarrassing but for visiting goalkeeper Martin.

 Halesowen were good and showed their opponents what they should be aspiring to but it has to be said, Tipton were caught on a bad day at the office. They can  and will do a lot better.

Halesowen Town 5 Tipton Town 0
 
 
  
 
A pensive Ian Rowe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entrance ; £5(concession)
Programme ; £1.50
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 421
Referee ; Not bad

Thursday 26 September 2013

Tough at the top

                              Bilston Town v Wednesfield.
              West Midland Regional League.Premier division.

Bilston are beginning to find life much tougher in the Premier division.Wednesfield attacked from the start,determined to close down and disrupt Bilstons' game-plan.The home side took the lead in the 10th minute and goalkeeper Astley kept them in front with a penalty save on 20 minutes.The visitors were having difficulty maintaining possession with many passes going astray while Bilston were reduced to 10 men without it seriously disrupting their attacking play.The visitors were also reduced to 10 men when Lewis was dismissed for a second yellow.Instead of this levelling things,it inspired Wednesfield and they dominated play,scoring another three which could easily have been 5 or 6 were it not for Astleys' heroics in the home goal.


Result ; Bilston Town 1 Wednesfield 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entrance ; £2(concession)
Programme ; £1
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 100(est)
Referee ; Ok
 
Note : As usual there was a cracking atmosphere.Bilston have the best supporters in this league!

Sunday 22 September 2013

Just one more thing.
Minutes into the Shrews vs Wolves game, the Wolves fans started the chant 'There's only one Graham Turner' towards their former manager. The Shrews fans adopted the same chant towards their current manager for there is indeed only One Graham Turner. The whole of the 9,510 record attendance at the New Meadow in one accord.


Now that is respect of the highest order towards a true legend of our game.

Saturday 21 September 2013

Bad news and good news this week. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. There is no Proper Football report this week. The Good news is that Mick and I are still friends after our journey to the dizzy heights of the Third Division to watch Shrewsbury take on the once mighty Wolves. We arrived at the New Meadow, for that is what it is despite the Corporate desire to change it’s name, to watch our teams of yesteryear. Well it had to be done.

To be fair it wasn't a bad game. Both sides making the effort with Shrews probably having the best of the play in the first half although both keepers had work to do to keep the sheets clean at half time.
It became much more even in the second half with a Shrewsbury player managing to clear the bar from the centre of the goal and two yards out. A remarkable feat. They paid the price when, with less than five minutes to go, the referee made his big decision and awarded a penalty to Wolves and the sending off of a Shrews player although how he managed to see a handball through the crowd of players, even if it was handball, we will find out later when we watch the TV replay. The penalty was duly scored and the game finished with a Wolves victory by the only goal of the game. We thought it a bit harsh [actually I thought we wuz robbed] and a draw would have probably been the fairest result.
We left the New Meadow, not exactly arm in arm, coz we am blokes ay we, but plotting a return to Proper Football and the FA Cup next week.

Entrance Fee £12 Concession
Programme    Too expensive for words
Coffee           One arm and half a leg.

Thursday 19 September 2013

Tipton Town looking good.

              Tipton Town v Stourport Swifts. Midland Football Alliance

Tipton were looking to continue their good form following their FA Cup victory over Kidsgrove and they tore into Swifts from the off; that is after they nearly conceeded after 30 seconds when a cushioned header back to goalkeeper Pemberton fell short and Swifts' Conway was unlucky to not score although credit to Pemberton for being 'on the ball' as it were ! There was plenty of huff and puff and long balls punted upfield from Swifts with very little end product as the home side laid seige to the visitors goal with the pace of Rabone and Kinch key to most attacks.

Late in the half,Swifts decided to make a game of it but Tiptons' defence held firm. Pemberton,in the home goal must have welcomed the action as for most of the half he  had not been seriously troubled by the visitors.
             
Half-time ; Tipton Town 0 Stourport 0                                                                     


The second half started much more evenly with the visitors having plenty of it in midfield but still unable to break through a resolute Tipton defence.The home side were unlucky with a couple of free-kicks with Whitcombe still much the busier of the goalkeepers. On the hour mark Rabone pitched a superb cross and Kinch outjumped the defender to get just enough on it to beat Whitcombe in the visitors' goal.Stourport were trying to make a game of it but the two substitutions by the home side ,Penney and Crudgington might have sealed it.

A deserved win for Tipton against a competent Swifts' side possibly lacking a 'cutting-edge'.

APOLOGIES FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF PHOTOS.I HAD THE CAMERA ON THE WRONG SETTING.


 


 


 
 



 


 
 
Next up for Tipton is the FA Cup game against Halesowen Town. Should be interesting. Stour port Swifts visit Bilston Town in the FA Vase.
 
Entrance ; £3(concession
Programme ; £1.50
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 57
Referee ; OK 

Monday 16 September 2013

FA Cup

                                 AFC Wulfrunians v Walsall Wood

                                    FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round

The sun was out,there was a slight 'nip' in the air and it was FA cup day again.
This was a brilliant game to watch.Blood and thunder and not a hint of anything nasty from either side.WW had Wulfs on the back foot from the word go.They could and should have been at least 2 if not 3 goals to the good in the first fifteen minutes.Wulfs had goalkeeper Tipton to thank for keeping them in the game despite sustained pressure from Wood.It took 30 minutes before Wulfs got to grips with the visitors game-plan which had basically been to control midfield and had been executed perfectly.From then on the home team were involved much more and by half-time the match had become more evenly contested,although the visitors could count themselves unlucky to still be on level terms based on their earlier performance. 

Half-time; AFC Wulfrunians 0 Walsall Wood 0

Wulfs began the second half  more positively by closing down the visitors and as a result, saw much more of the ball.Indeed,it was now they who were calling the shots although Wood were still dangerous. The first goal should be shown on MOTD.From a Wulfs' corner,the ball was headed across the goalmouth and Asbury fired the ball into the top RH corner.......off the back of his heel !

This seemed to galvanise both sides with the home side having a slide edge for a time.As the game drew to a close Wood threw everything at the home team and gained their just reward with a headed goal from Stone.It was no more than they deserved and the two teams meet again on Tuesday evening for a replay.If this game was anything to go by,it should be an absolute belter!
 



 


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Result ; AFC Wulfrunians 1 Walsall Wood 1
 
Entrance ; £3(concession)
Programme ; S/O
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 90(est)
Referee ; OK