Honours even for Khalsa & Wulfrunians

Total Motion Midland Football League Premier Division

Sporting Khalsa 0 AFC Wulfrunians 0 (played at AFC Wulfrunians' ground) 

Another boring 0-0 ? Not a bit of it.This was as exciting a game as you could wish for with both sides exhibiting  both attacking flair and stubborn defence and it would be hard for a neutral to guess which team was in the leagues' top three. Real,clear-cut chances were,to be honest,thin on the ground and if truth be told,Wulfrunians possibly came nearest to breaking the deadlock.It was obvious Brady was keen to score against his former team-mates but it wasn't to be and to completely spoil his day,he was sent off near the end.
So,no goals to report but plenty of action and a thoroughly entertaining game.

Special mentions:

Sporting Khalsa ; No 8
AFC Wulfrunians ; No 3

Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; £1.50
Drink ;£1
Referee ; 6/10
Crowd ; 75 est
Entertainment value ; 9/10
Non-league dogs ; 0

Warstones hit a hatful

West Midlands Regional League  Div2  
Aldersley Leisure Village

Warstones Wanderers 7  AFC Bilbrook 1

So,just before the start we ask 'where can we get a cup of coffee' ? Mick Mullen of WW says to someone in the background 'make these two lads a drink'. Class.

From kick-off it soon becomes obvious who's bossing this game.Wanderers look to have too much in their arsenal for the visitors and within 5 minutes they are ahead through Miller who looks like he could bludgeon his way through a barn door.Try as they might,Bilbrook are unable to break through a resolute,organised home defence.On 35 minutes the hosts increase their lead through Gray.

The second half was a goal-fest with Gray  and Miller each bagging another,with Westwood and Males(penalty)also getting on the score sheet.You had to feel for the visitors;they were up against a much stronger outfit but to be fair,they never let their heads drop,kept going to the end and got a consolation goal from a penalty.

A real good game with bags of commitment,full-blooded tackles(but never dirty) and lots of goal-mouth action.

It would be remiss of me on completing this report, to not mention the WW people Mick Mullen and Angela Jones who were brilliant;filling us in on the history of the club and  topping it off by inviting us to the post-match feed at the Swan in Tettenhall.Did I say class? Top class.

Special Mentions ; 
Warstone ; No 8
Bilbrook ; No 4  

Bilbrook get their consolation goal

Wanderers reply with their penalty

Entrance ; £3
Programme ; N/a
Drink ; £1.75
Crowd ; Not many
Referee ; 8/10
Non league dogs ; 0
Entertainment value ; 8/10

Onwards and upwards for Tividale

        ⚽West Midlands Regional League  Premier Division⚽

Tividale 5  Bilston Town Community 1

As I write this weeks' blog following todays' game at The Beeches,I think back to all the mind-numbingly boring PL games I've  endured in the past.Watching that dross,you may well see intricate passing,lots of little tricks and all the White-board tactics imaginable but what you will not see is a game like this.It was brilliant. Had everything you could ask for in a game;plenty of goals,bone-crunching(but fair)tackles,penalties(one converted,one saved) and no little amount of skill.What you wont see is any play-acting or players rolling around trying to get other players booked. In my years writing this blog, I've oft repeated ,those that don't watch this level of football are missing a treat.

Ten minutes in and the visitors are awarded a penalty following a needless tackle just inside the box;duly converted and it looks like we have an interesting game ahead. Tivi showed why they are vying for top-spot with some nice football which eventually paid off in the 17th minute with an equalizer. From then on it was really a case of the hosts applying maximum pressure and the visitors refusing to cave in.....well,almost;Tivis' pressure had to lead to something sooner or later and it did with further goals and a penalty brilliantly saved by the visiting keeper.

All things considered, on a bitterly cold day this was a really good game to almost make you forget the cold ! Well done to both sides for putting on such a good show.

Special Mentions ; 

Tividale ; Number 9

BTC ; Number 6

One converted penalty...

...one saved penalty

Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; £1.50
Drink ; £1
Crowd ; 50est
Referee ; 8/10
Entertainment value ; 9/10
Non league dogs ; 1 Staffy

Wolves Casuals go goal crazy

West Midlands Regional League Premier Division.  Brinsford Stadium,Coven Heath.

Wolverhampton Casuals 6 Smethwick 0

Following their 10-0 demolition of Willenhall Town, the goal scoring machine that is Wolves Casuals continued their phenomenal scoring streak with 6 more against unfortunate Smethwick. Casuals got off to a flier with Holdcroft(8 minutes) and Cunningham(11 minutes)putting them firmly in the driving seat and it seemed the floodgates would open. All credit to the visitors who slowly but surely grew into the game having plenty of possession but no end result,Casual's defence denying them time and space at every turn.

On 56 minutes Hughes cut in from the right and from a seemingly impossible angle,netted a superb third for the hosts,adding his second on 72 minutes and completing his hat-trick and Casual's fifth 5 minutes later. Casuals added a sixth on 84 minutes(didn't get the scorer's name unfortunately).

You had to feel for the visitors;they certainly weren't steam-rollered but they lacked a cutting edge up front.On the other hand,all credit to the hosts who put on a first-class display. 

SPECIAL MENTIONS;
Casuals ; Number 4
Smethwick ; Number 10

Entrance ; £3 concession
Programme ; £1
Drink ; £1.10    **** FOR THE COFFEE!
Crowd ; 35 est
Referee ; 8/10
Entertainment value ; 8/10
Non league dogs ; 0

Wulfrunians & Nirvana share the spoils

THE BUILDBASE FA VASE 1st ROUND     CKW Stadium

AFC Wulfrunians 1 Leicester Nirvana 1

The visitors from the United Counties League,Premier Division arrived here with an impressive record of 12 games unbeaten. Wulfrunians on the other hand,endured a recent sticky patch following a highly productive September.

It was easy to see why the visitors had such an impressive recent record with some extremely talented individuals playing a possession-based game,60/40 in their favour;but it seemed to us,they wanted to do an Arsenal and walk the ball into the net.We counted several occasions where the 'put your laces through the ball' option was required instead of dancing around the opponents. This course of action came back to bite them as Wulfrunians took the lead through McDonald late in the half.

The second half was somewhat different as the visitors,chasing an equaliser,began to change their game;as and when required,an element of 'route one' was used and it yielded results.McDonald,the fist-half hero was dispossessed,the ball was passed to Nelson who then proceeded to dance around the keeper and wouldn't you know it,'walk the ball into the net'.😜 

The hosts went looking for a winner but as the game wore on,it was the visitors who were on top but fair play to Wulfrunians who were in no mood to capitulate.We had to leave at full-time but thankfully didn't miss any more goals in extra time. This was a highly entertaining game played in an excellent spirit(apart from the meaningless little skirmish at full time) 

Replay at Hamilton Park,Sandhills Avenue,Leicester Tuesday 24th October.


Special Mentions:
Wulfrunians....Number 8
Nirvana....Number 8

Entrance ; £5 concession
Programme ; £1.50
Drink ; £1  Coffee ****
Crowd ; 60 est
Referee ; 8/10
Entertainment value ; 9/10
Non-League dogs ; 1(thanks to Mr D)