Tividale FC

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Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 28th December 2024
Tividale 0-2 Shifnal Town

Again Tividale draw a blank

Once again our shortfall’s in front of goal completely overshadowed a sterling effort from the lad’s but at this level if you lose concentrations or make error’s in defence. You will have to score goals to stay in games and at the moment we are struggling to find the net.

Coming off the back of the 0-0 draw at Stourport Swifts on Boxing Day. Tividale made just the 2 changes Ethan Delaney came in for Aon Mohammed Abbas who limped off injured at Stourport and Ryan Piggott came in for Luke Postle.

Tividale got off to the worst possible start, when in the second minute goalkeeper Ethan Hawkes brought down Shifnal striker Lewis Jarman and Isaac Phillips sent Hawkes the wrong way from the spot to open the scoring. Kyle Bennett tried his luck from 25 yards after 10 minutes, but he was a yard wide.

Town doubled their advantage on 13 minutes when Bennett’s corner from the left was flicked home by Jarman at the near post.

Shifnal were now threatening to over run the home side and they had a good chance to add to the lead on the half-hour when a Brad Maslen-Jones’ long ball fell to Theo Knight, but he hurried his shot from the edge of the penalty area which was straight at Hawkes. Tividale settled down for the last 15 minutes and slowly got themselves into the game but never laid a glove on the visitors for the rest of the half.

Half Time:- Tividale 0-2 Shifnal Town

Tividale showed a marked improvement in the second half and had their first decent chance of the game when from a Agyemang cross on 50 minutes Cottam headed wide and two minutes later Piggott fired wide. Agyemang won the ball on the left on 56 minutes, but his angled drive was well saved by Shifnal keeper Andy Wycherley. On the hour Piggott found Cottam with a great pass but again Wycherley blocked his shot.

It looked odds on Town extending their lead after 75 minutes when the ball fell to substitute Josh Beamond following a goalmouth skirmish, but his shot was saved well by Hawkes. Tividale came close to halving the deficit in the 78th minute when Cottam had his third chance of the half but this time he shot wide. In the 81st minute when Aon Mohammed Abbas was freed on the left but his first-time shot was deflected by Wycherley for a corner. But in the end the visitors stood firm and picked up the 3 points.

Full Time:- Tividale 0-2 Shifnal Town

Tividale:- 1.Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann (17. Papy Brandon Mossini 65), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Jason Wood (15. Lewis Derrick 85), 5. Callum Lloyd, 6 Harry Higginson, 7. Ethan Delaney (16. Aon Mohammed Abbas 79), 8. Eddie Rann (12. Raheem Akhtar 62), 9. Ryan Piggott (14. Luke Postle 92), 10. Tom Cottam, 11. Ezekiel Agyemang.

Unused Subs:– None