Birmingham Senior Cup

Round One

Tuesday 5th November 2024
AFC Wulfrunians 3-1 Tividale 

We Bow Out of Seniors

Tividale’s participation into the Birmingham Senior Cup this season lasted just one game. But once again even with the raft of changes they were in the game until a couple of late mistakes cost them dearly.

Again, the changes were made with Alfie Higgs injured, club skipper Harry Higginson. Eddie Rann and Ethan Delaney rested alongside Luke Postle and Taylor Homer who were ineligible. Into the starting line-up came Jamie Hunt, Raheem Akhtar, Ryan Piggott, and Aon Mohammed Abbas and on the bench was Mario Mendez, Michael Angymang and Sam Batt-Wyton

Tividale should have been ahead in the first minute Abbas was sent through but he put his shot wide. 5 minutes later and they scorned another great chance. This time Ezekiel Agyemang found Piggott who did well to round the keeper but his shot was cleared off the line. Wulf’s first shot on target came on 10 minutes when Ethan Hawkes turned Kie Houlihan shot around the post. Hawkes was called into action on 17 minutes when  Ashanti Pryce received a neat through ball from Jay Holdcroft but Hawkes blocked from point black range and then tipped the follow up shot over the bar.

The remainder of the half was a nip and tuck affair with ball spending most of the time being passed about in the middle of the park and usually from a Wulf’s player to a Tividale player and vice versa.

Half Time: AFC Wulfrunians 0-0 Tividale 

4 minutes into the half and Hawkes had to make another save to deny Pryce. On the hour and against the run of play, Tividale were awarded a penalty when Piggott was brought down when through on goal. Piggott stepped up to take it but Wulf’s keeper Sam Arnold comfortably saves the spot kick.

On 70 minutes, Tividale took the lead, again Piggott is through but this time he places the ball past Arnold and into the back of the net. Three minutes later and Wulf’s were level. Akhtar was adjudged to have handled in the area and substitute Freddie Cockerell made no mistake from the spot.

Tividale had a great chance to take back the lead with 15 minutes to go when Agyemang found Piggott but Arnold was equal to his shot. With 5 minutes to go Wulf’s took the lead when an in swinging corner is headed home by an unmarked Zac Kourouyianni at the back post.

In the dying seconds of the 90 minutes a mix up between Mendez and Hawkes resulted in Cockerell stealing in on a lazy back pass and he clipped the ball past Hawkes and into the net and send AFC Wulfrunians into the next round and an away trip to Racing Club Warwick

Full Time: AFC Wulfrunians 3-1 Tividale 

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann, 3. Jevani Robinson, 4. Ethan Delaney, 5. Callum Lloyd 6. Harry Higginson, 7. Jordon Sangha, 8. Jason Wood (17. Jamie Hunt 75), 9. Ezekiel Agyemang (16. Aon Mohammed Abbas 90) 10. Lewis Derrick (12. Raheem Akhtar 65) , 11. Luke Postle (15. Taylor Homer 65)

Unused Subs: 17. Sam Bratt-Wyton

 

Full Time: AFC Wulfrunians 3-1 Tividale 

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann, 3. Jevani Robinson (15. Sam Bratt-Wyton 79), 4. Jamie Hunt (16. Jordon Sangha 55), 5. Callum Lloyd 6. Raheen Akhtar, 7. Ezekiel Agyemang, 8. Jason Wood, 9. Ryan Piggott, 10. Lewis Derrick, 11. Aon Mohammed Abbas (14. Mario Mendez 77)

Unused Subs: 12. Michael Agyemang, 17. Ollie Hartland