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Saturday 30 April 2016

Wulfrunians finish on a high.

Midland Football League

AFC Wulfrunians 3 Coventry Sphinx 1 

Played at Castlecroft

It appeared these two sides had saved the best 'till last as both me and my mate Pete rated this as probably the best game we've seen this season.Make no mistake,this was no end-of-season fayre but a great battle between two very good teams.Wulfrunians were straight out of the blocks and before Sphinx knew what had hit them they were one down and seemingly in disarray.To all intents and purposes it was looking as though a big score was in the offing for the hosts and slow as they were to get into the game,Sphinx weathered the storm and before the break they were level from a delightful chip from Nesbitt.You won't see it repeated from all angles on MOTD and mores the pity,it was an absolute gem.
So,all level at the break and everything to play for in the second half and the visitors came storming out to win the game,pinning their hosts back for long periods with some stunning controlled passing.Alas for them,they seemed to have left their shooting boots in the changing rooms.When they looked certain to score(on at least 3 occasions)Wulfs two full-backs, who both had superb games, were there to deny them.The sky turned black,the temperature plummeted and the heavens opened with a deluge which quickly turned to a raging hailstorm.Here,I have to blow my own trumpet; I turned to Pete and said 'Sphinx have wasted their chances,Wulfs will break away and score' and that's exactly what happened as Brown got his second and shortly afterwards,completed his hat-trick.The shock of being on the end of a 3-1 scoreline after the way they had played, was visible to all.The visitors had more than enough efforts to win the game but they had all been wasted whereas Wulfs probably had four chances and converted three of them.
To sum up,this was a belting game to finish the season on and credit to all for their efforts considering the filthy conditions.















Entrance ; £3 concession
Programm ; £1
Drink ; £1.20
Crowd ; 80 est
Referee ; V Good

Saturday 16 April 2016

Lye put Star to the sword.

Midland Football League Premier Division

Lye Town 5 Continental Star 1

I have to admit I was surprised to see this game was on,given the crap weather we've experienced this last week,culminating in waking up this morning to a covering of snow !
Lye appear to be a progressive outfit,seamlessly adapting to life in a higher league and it took them exactly 3 minutes to get their noses in front.The visitors, whilst  admirably trying to play it out from the back,were too often caught in possession and on 20 minutes they were caught out again as Lye increased their lead and added another before half-time.Within 5 minutes of the restart it was 4-0.Star are no mugs and certainly try to play the 'right' way;they don't 'hoof' it,they try to keep it down and pass and move but in their opponents,they were up against a strong side who were always that yard quicker.It was some sort of reward for their style of play when they reduced the arrears with a goal of their own but the hosts quickly restored their 4 goal advantage.

This was a decent game,not helped by a glue-pot of a pitch,played in a good spirit and enjoyed by this neutral spectator.












  


Entrance ; £4
Programme ; £1
Drink ; £1
Referee ; Good
Crowd ; 80 est












  

Saturday 2 April 2016

Impressive Malvern Town march on.

West Midland Regional League First Division

Bilston Town Community 1 Malvern Town 2



The visitors started this game like an express train and for a while it seemed a case of not when but 'how many are they going to score' ? Indeed,after only a few minutes,my mate Pete remarked 'they've come here to win' and it was there for all to see;the easy way they knocked the  ball about and always someone there to receive,the speed with which they attacked.But;opposing them,the hosts are nothing if not dogged.I've lost count of the number of times I've written the same thing about BTC.There seems to be an inbuilt ethos of 'they shall not pass'.So all the style shown by the visitors was matched in equal measure by the hosts refusal to buckle under enormous pressure and they began to play themselves into the game.Just as it looked like the hosts had 'steadied the ship' Malvern took the lead  on 25 minutes with the simplest of tap-ins from a cross from the left. Bilston were let back into the game when the visiting keeper had somewhat of a rush of blood,bundling the forward over and conceding a penalty which was duly despatched by the impressive number 10.The second half saw Malvern up the tempo and they were rewarded with a second goal which was very cleverly headed over the home keeper. Bilston had chances of their own most of which came substitute Pigot.

The win for Malvern was probably a fair reflection of the game as we thought possession was about 65-35 in their favour although credit has to given to Bilston whose motto could read 'when the going get's tough,the tough get going'. All in all,another outstanding WMRL game.
















Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; Sold out
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 93
Referee ; Good