Competition: J. W. Hunt Cup

Tividale vs Brocton

JW Hunt Cup
3rd round
Tuesday 25th March 2025
Tividale 3-4 Brocton

We lose out in 7 goal thriller

It would seem that we are back in another run of bad results’ The difference this time round is that we are creating chances, scoring from chances but every defensive mistake we make 90% of the times means we concede and this game was no difference.
Tividale rang the changes from the side that went down 3-1 at Romulus on Saturday. Nathan Guest was cup tied  with Raheem Akhtar and Matt Holland missing through injury (although Raheem did make up the bench) and Jordon Sangha, Lewis Derrick and Ethan Delaney all unavailable at kick off. Jordon and Lewis were added to the bench. In came Eddie Rann, Jason Wood, Callum Lloyd and teenagers Tom Cottam (19), Joe Garrington (17) and Myles Durham (17)
Brocton started quickly with leading scorer Reg Smith hitting the side netting inside the first minute. An inviting cross from Connor Haddaway flew across the face of goal with no-one on hand to finish. In the seventh minute, Smith set-up Will Whieldon but his shot was high over the bar.
Tividale’s first attempt came from Alfie Higgs and his shot was deflected for a corner. From the corner from the Tividale right, Durham had a free header to put Tividale in front. The lead lasted less than a minute. A header back to Ethan Hawk was missed by the Tividale keeper, and Whieldon was on hand to run the ball into the net.
Tividale were causing Brocton problems with dead balls and from a good delivery, there was pinball in the area with a defender hacking the ball off the line. In the 21st minute, Sam Bratt-Wyton was off target for the home side. Brocton took the lead in the 24th minute and it was another defensive howler. The impressive Jude King played the ball inside to Smith. His low shot was met by Bratt-Wyton and the keeper Hawkes at the same time. The ball squirmed to Whieldon who tapped in. A minute later and it was three. An excellent cross from Smith was met by King in front of the keeper and the ball looped into the net.
Brocton were well and truly on the front foot and their fourth goal was scored in the 33rd minute. A superb ball from Smith played in Whieldon and his shot on the run beat Hawk at his near post. Brocton continued to look for goals with Smith having a free kick blocked by the Tividale wall. Tividale pulled a goal back, 5 minutes before the break. Brocton failed to clear a corner and a Wood shot from the edge of the area flew into the corner.
 

Half Time: Tividale 2-4  Brocton

Brocton had the first chance of the second half. Connor Haddaway’s corner was met at the far post by Kenny Devoir and Hawk gathered the ball under pressure. In the 52nd minute, an Ezekiel Agyemang shot was turned behind for a corner. On the hour, Whieldon found Smith and his volley flashed wide of the far post. The game was more end to end now with Wood off target for Tividale before Whieldon saw two shots in quick succession blocked by the defence.
In the 68th minute, Morgan Payne picked up the ball on the left, cut inside to create an opening and saw his shot well blocked. In the 71st minute, Tividale were given a chance to get back into the game. The ball was played into the edge of the penalty area and the onrushing keeper Kyle Langston was always going to be second to Agyemang to the ball and completely wiped out the striker and the referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Langston could also count himself fortunate that the card was  yellow and not red.
Cottam stepped up and found the bottom right hand corner. In the 81st minute, a free kick from Whieldon was straight into the midriff of Hawk. With four minutes left, Brocton breathed a sigh of relief as Lewis Derrick’s free kick skimmed the outside of the post. Brocton hung on to move to a semi-final against Dudley Town.
 Full-Time: Tividale 3 Brocton 4
Tividale:- 1. Ethan Hawk, 2. Tom Rann (15. Nashawn Blake 66), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Jason Wood (14. Lewis Derrick 62), 5. Callum Lloyd, 6. Joe Garrington, 7. Myles Durham, 8. Eddie Rann (17. Callum McKenna 69), 9. Ezekiel Agyemang, 10. Alfie Higgs (16. Jordon Sangha 56), 11. Tom Cottam.

Unused Sub:-: 12. Matt Holland

Tividale

1Ethan Hawkes Goalkeeper
2Thomas Rann 17 Defender
3Samuel Bratt-Wyton Defender
4Jason Wood 14 Midfielder 42'
5Callum Lloyd Defender
6Joseph Garrington Defender
7Myles Durham Midfielder 11'
8Edward Rann 15 Midfielder
9Ezekiel Agyemang Forward
10Alfie Higgs 16 Midfielder
11Thomas Cottam Midfielder 70'
12Raheem Akhtar Defender
14Lewis Derrick 4 Midfielder
15Callum McKenna 8 Midfielder
16Jordon Sangha 10 Midfielder
17Nashawn Blake 2 Forward
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Tividale vs Wyrley

JW Hunt Cup
Round 2
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Tividale 9-0 Wyrley

Tividale up to the Nines

Last season we went out of the JW Hunt Cup at this stage and against this same side. Who can forget last season’s encounter when we toiled for 90 minutes and with the scores level at 2-2 and heading for penalties, keeper Louis Connor’s unfortunate slip when he came out to pump the ball back up field and the ball rolled under his foot and into his net.

Well, this game was always going to be different with the attitude of this squad.

With no game for 10 days and a weekend visit to high flying 1874 Northwich. Manager Phil Rann decided to put a fairly strong squad out with just the couple of personnel changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Alvechurch last time out. In came Jamie Hunt and Lewis Derrick, replacing Callum Lloyd and Jason Wood.

Tividale started brightly and were ahead after just 13 minutes. Ryan Piggott with a sublime finish into the far corner beating Wyrley keeper Mark Wiggins all end’s up. Delaney made it 2-0 on 25 minutes with the clinical finish, slotting under Wiggins.

Wyrley had a half chance on the hour but it was 3-0 after 33 minutes. A break from the home side and Piggott is there again, one on one with Wiggins and he puts it past the keeper. Tom Cottam made it 4-0 in the 42nd minute when he was given way too much room in the centre of the goal and he turned on the penalty spot and put the ball past Wiggins.

Half Time:- Tividale 4-0 Wyrley

The half was only 5 minutes old when Delaney is found at the back post for an easy tap in to make it 5-0. The game became a little disjointed as a raft of substitutions were mad and it was not until the 77th minute before Tividale found the net again. A Wyrley defensive mix up left substitute Aon Mohammed Abbas in the clear and he finishes with conviction to make it 6-0.

Two minutes later and it was 7-0. Good work again from Abbas and his low shot, come cross across the 6 yard box, took a deflection off a defender and past the hapless Wiggins.

Another substitute and debutant Nehemia Zazi showed his goal scoring instinct with a cool finish under Wiggins on 81 minutes and then three minutes later another sub Ezekiel Agyemang got in on the act  to make it 9-0.

Full Time:- Tividale 9-0 Wyrley

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann (15. Luke Postle 60), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Jamie Hunt (12. Jordon Sangha 66), 5. Raheem Akhtar, 6. Harry Higginson, 7. Thomas Cottam (14. Aon Mohammed Abbas 55), 8. Eddie Rann , 9. Ryan Piggott (16. Nehemia Zazi 55), 10. Lewis Derrick, 11. Ethan Delaney (17. Ezekiel Agyemang 55)

Unused Subs: None

Tividale

1Ethan Hawkes Goalkeeper
2Thomas Rann 15 Defender
3Samuel Bratt-Wyton Defender
4Jamie Hunt 12 Midfielder
5Raheem Akhtar Defender
6Private: Harry Higginson Defender
7Thomas Cottam 14 Midfielder 42'
8Edward Rann Midfielder
9Private: Ryan Piggott 16 Forward 13', 33'
10Lewis Derrick Midfielder
11Ethan Delaney 17 Forward 25', 50'
12Jordon Sangha 4 Midfielder
14Aon Mohammed Abbas 7 Midfielder 77', 79'
15Luke Postle 2 Midfielder
16Private: Nehemia Zazi 9 Forward 81'
17Ezekiel Agyemang 11 Forward 84'
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Simon Worton

Simon has been a member of Phil’s back room staff for a number of years including his stint’s at Wrens Nest and Gornal Athletic and followed him to Tividale in June 2024. A meticulous coach and tactician. Great foil to Phil

 

Phil Rann

Appointed in June 2024. The ex Wrens Nest and Gornal Athletic Manager has an impressive record leading his former club to the brink of promotion and based on the 2023-24 season’s decision he would have promoted them in each of the previous two seasons