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Saturday 30 January 2016

Haughmonds' superb comeback.

West Midlands Regional League Premier Division

Gornal Athletic 2  Haughmond 4

Our first-choice fixture was postponed so this game was actually an alternative.Could we have picked a better game to watch ? I doubt it.It really did have the lot ; good attacking football,organized defending,plenty of goals,a lost cause rescued and an episode of handbags at 5 paces.From the kick-off the visitors looked as though they'd never played together before such was their inability to pass to a team-mate,control a ball or in fact do anything right.Gornal,on the other hand looked well up for it,snapping into the tackle and not allowing the opposition to mount any sort of meaningful attack.It really was no surprise to anyone in the ground when the hosts took the lead on 8 minutes and added another before half-time.The visitors were giving a good impression of a poor side.Comments at the break were along the lines of 'if Haughmond don't change it,they're gonna get stuffed'.

Change it ? They certainly did;seemingly going from York City to Manchester City in the blink of an eye.Two goals in as many minutes turned the game on its' head and it was now the hosts who seemed to be chasing shadows.It was almost as though Haughmond had put 11 different players on at half time,so improved was their second-half performance and try as they might,Gornal had no answers. Haughmond wrapped up the game with a penalty and a fourth goal after a midfield melee in which one or two were lucky to stay on the pitch( but it was never a dirty game).On the evidence of this game two points need to be made ; i)It's no surprise Haughmond are up there with the front-runners, ii)Gornal are in a false position,they look to be one of the better teams in this league.
For the neutral this was a real good game to watch.













Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; £1
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 45 est
Referee ; Good

Saturday 23 January 2016

Shifnal held at home.

West Midlands Regional League Division 1

Shifnal Town 0 Hereford Lads Club 0

Obviously the score dictates this match summary will be short and sweet.Basically it was a case of two very evenly matched teams-as dictated by their league positions,slogging it out on a very heavy looking pitch(there will undoubtedly be a few tired legs tonight). Defences were to the fore at both ends with last-ditch tackles saving the day on quite a few occasions.The visitors were reduced to 10 when their number 8 was red-carded near the end of the game but strangely this didn't seem to make any difference.
I would have to say well done to both sets of players for their efforts on a cold,wet day.















Entrance ; £3 concession
Proramme ; N/a
Drink ; 70p Bargain !
Crowd ; 50 est
Referee ; Ok

Saturday 9 January 2016

Wulfs suffer grief against Griff

FA Vase

AFC Wulfrunians 2  Nuneaton Griff 3

The festive season doesn't half interfere with my football.It feels like I've not seen a game for months whereas in reality it's  probably been about 3 weeks. Wulfrunians welcomed to Castlecroft, Midland Football League Division 1 opponents Nuneaton Griff for todays' FA Vase clash played in continuous rain which turned to a deluge as the game went on.

Wulfs were left shell-shocked when inside the first 8 minutes Griff were 2-0 ahead and looking for a third when an innocuous-looking high cross was dropped by the visiting keeper right in front of Brady who only needed to tap it into the net.This seemed to halt somewhat the visitors' rampaging forward play and it was no surprise when Wulfs drew level via an inspired run from Sedgemore whos' through ball was superbly dispatched by Brady.

The second half had barely got going when,from a corner, Millerchip rose head and shoulders above everyone to put the visitors in front again.The remainder of the game mainly belonged to Wulfs but try as they might they could not breach a well-drilled ,thoroughly organized visiting defence in which the keeper was outstanding.The visitors goal difference is only bettered by table-topping Hereford in the whole of the Midland Football League.

All in all a thoroughly entertaining game played in atrocious conditions ,so well done to all concerned.












Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; Sold out
Drink ; £1 - £1.20
Crowd ; 120 est
Referee ; Good