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Round Two

Saturday 10th November 2024

Tividale 0-2 Sutton United

Not Acceptable

On a weekend of honouring those that fell in the two world war’s and conflict’s since. It was an impeccable minutes silence from both set of players, staff and supporters

So far this season it has been fair to say that win. lose or draw, the lad’s cannot be faulted for their battling qualities and never say die attitude. When that doesn’t appear to be the case then they look a very poor side and that was the case in a very poor second half performance that saw us crash out of this season’s FA Vase.

Four changes were made to the starting eleven that kicked off in the midweek defeat at AFC Wulfrunians. In came Sam Bratt-Wyton, Harry Higginson, Luke Postle and Jordon Sangha in place of Jevani Robinson, Jamie Hunt, Ezekiel Agyemang and Lewis Derrick

The crossbar saved Ethan Hawkes blushes after just 6 minutes as a lob with the keeper in no man’s land just skims over the bar. Then Higginson had to put in a block to deny Sutton getting a shot off. Sutton continued to make the most of the possession and chances for the opening 25 minutes.

It was Tividale who finished the half the stronger when on 25 minutes Sutton keeper Gregg Lewis did well to turn a Ryan Piggott shot around the post for a corner and then an Abbas cross just fizzed past Lewis’s far post as the home side settle into their work.

Half Time: Tividale 0-0 Sutton United 

No one could have guessed what was going to happen in the second period as it was literally one way traffic from the kick off. First of all, Sutton’s captain Tom Masse’s cross evaded everyone in the Tividale box and skipped out for a goal kick. But on 50 minutes Sutton where ahead  Oli Jeeves is allowed to run at the heart of the Tividale defence he plays a one two with Scott Hardy and then beats Hawkes with his shot. Although the keeper does get something on it, he cannot stop the ball going in.

You would have thought that the goal would have stirred the home side into action but instead it was all Sutton and on 65 minutes Sutton double their lead courtesy of a Joe Gildea strike,  stealing in unmarked to get on the end of an Abdul Touaiti free kick with the Tividale defenders appealing in vain for offside!

Three minutes later and it could have been 3-0 with Hayden Froggatt through one on one with Hawkes but the keeper denied him with a great block. On 79 minutes Gildea was inches close to his second and Sutton’s 3^rd when he was just unable to get his shot on target.

With 5 minutes to go one of the assistants pulled up injured and had to be replaced holding up the game for about 5 minutes. The hold up did not put Sutton off their stride and Froggatt shot over after some great individual work.

Tividale did have a couple of chances of a consolation in the dying minutes, first  a strike from a corner rattled the Sutton crossbar and a Mario Mendez effort was comfortably held by Lewis.

In the end Tividale slipped meekly out of the competition and all the best to Sutton United in the next round, who deserved purely on the fact that they wanted it more.

Full Time: Tividale 0-2 Sutton United 

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann (14. Jamie Hunt 75), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Raheem Akthar (12. Lewis Derrick 72), 5. Callum Lloyd, 6. Harry Higginson, 7. Luke Postle (16. Ezekiel Agyemang 55), 8. Jason Wood, 9. Ryan Piggott 10. Jordon Sangha, 11. Aon Mohammed Abbas (17. Mario Mendez 79)

Unused Subs: 15. Nashawn Blake

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2nd Round
Saturday 19th October 2024
Tividale 3-2 Cranfield United

Back in the Hat

Due to last season’s exploits, Tividale were exempt from the previous round and began their FA Vase exploits with a tricky home tie against Cranfield United a team from Bedfordshire. In a very good game Tividale went through to a second round tie against MFL Division One side Sutton United, but they made it very difficult for themselves.

There was four changes to the side that battled back from  3 nil down to come up just short against Atherstone Town last week. In came Tom and Eddie Rann, Callum Lloyd, and Ryan Piggott, replacing Brandon Mossini,  Mohammed Sahil Sajad, Aon Mohammed Abbas, and Ezekiel Agyemang.

Cranfield showed their intentions in the 2nd minute as Cranfield forward James Elkington-Sloan fired wide of Ethan Hawkes post. But Tividale went ahead in the 4th minute with Alfie Higgs heading home a Jordon Sangha corner. Three minutes later and Ethan Delaney should have made it 2-0 when he rounded his marker, beat Cranfield keeper Karl Daley with his shot but was denied by a Cranfield defender on the line.

In an action packed opening an on target Flynn Baker-Bond free kick was deflected wide by Tom Rann. Then a Sangha free kick was touched onto the crossbar by Daley. Tividale spurned another great chance on 18 minutes when a Sangha free kick was headed wide by Harry Higginson.

Cranfield ended the half much the stronger and Kai Akinjiola had a great chance to level in the 33rd minute when Hawkes had to be sharp off the line and claim the ball with him bearing down on goal. then Joe Warboys grazed the outside of Hawkes post with a 20 yard effort. Baker-Bond then fired wide and on the stroke of half time Warboys saw his effort well saved by Hawkes to keep Tividale’s one goal lead at the break.

Half Time: Tividale 1-0 Cranfield United

From a Cranfield corner on 50 minutes they almost levelled but Tom Rann cleared off the line. But on 60 minutes there was no denying the visitors when a through ball from Baker-Bond found to Elkington-Sloan, who’s first shot was blocked by Hawkes, but Elkington-Sloan was first to the rebound and slotted home. Akinjiola had a golden chance to put Cranfield ahead when one on one with Hawkes but somehow, he blazed his shot high and wide.

Ater being on the back foot for the middle third of the game, Tividale slowly began to get hold of the game and a first time volley from substitute Taylor Homer in the 75th minute fizzed wide. This was just a range finder because on 87 minutes Tividale were awarded a free kick and Homer curled it into the top corner of the net. As the game moved into injury time Homer took the ball and looked to be running it into the corner, with defenders converging on him, he switched the ball into fellow sub Abbas leaving him one on one with Daley and he lashed the ball past him and into the back of the net.

With the game well into injury time Cranfield got another goal. Not really sure what happened but somehow Hawkes was left in no man’s land a through ball over the top to Leo Cimmino who dinks the keeper. In what was the last kick of the game

Full Time: Tividale 3-2 Cranfield United

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann, 3. Jevani Robinson, 4. Ethan Delaney, 5. Callum Lloyd, 6. Harry Higginson (12. Mohammed Sahil Sajad 46) , 7. Jordon Sangha, 8. Eddie Rann (17. Nashawn Blake 79), 9. Ryan Piggott (14. Aon Mohammed Abbas 89), 10. Alfie Higgs (16. Ezekiel Agyemang 55) , 11. Luke Postle (15. Taylor Homer 72)

Unused Subs: None