Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 14th December 2024
Tividale 2-5 Dudley Town

Mistake’s

As much as the endeavour and spirit is there and the constant praise from club’s that have beat us. If we don’t cut out the lapses in concentration and schoolboy errors, we will carry on circling the plug hole of relegation until the inevitable happens.

Two enforced changes were made from the side that came up short against 1874 Northwich 2 weeks ago. With Tom Rann suspended for this game and Ethan Delaney suspended. Luke Postle and Nehemia Zazi replaced them, With both Brandon Mossini and Jevani Robinson also unavailable. Postle was asked to play in the unfamiliar position of left back and skipper Sam Bratt-Wyton switched to right back. Zazi was a straight swap for Delaney.

The visitors were on the front foot from the off and it was a complete onslaught for the first 25 minutes. Tividale keeper Ethan Hawkes can count himself fortunate on 10 minutes when punching away a Lewis Mitchell shot but that went straight to Dudley midfielder Todd Sherwood but he blazed over the bar from 12 yards. Dudley were ahead on 12 minutes when a Matt Funge cross somehow pin balled between Bratt-Wyton and Hawkes and landed at the feet of Dudley striker Ethan Muckley who was left with a simple tap in.

It should have been 2-0 a couple of minutes later when Muckley turned provider with a neat lay off but Jordan Davies shot wide. Then a lovely flick by Funge on 17 minutes sent Muckley through on goal but his shot failed to trouble Hawkes. Davies again had a great chance in the 23^rd minute to get on the score sheet when he was clean through but Harry Higginson got his body in the way of his shot and deflected it for a corner.

Tividale’s first effort on goal came after 25 minutes when a Lewis Derrick cross was headed inches wide by Ryan Piggott. The chance kicked the home side into gear and although not threatening, neither was Dudley. But just as they were looking comfy. Dudley struck again. Funge whipped in a cross on 32 minutes Raheem Akhtar is unable to clear at the front post and Muckley is on hand to hammer the ball into the roof of the net from 6 yards.

On 43 minutes a Dudley player was able to get to the bye line, this time Muckley and his shot fell to an unmarked Funge who steadied himself, looked for all the world that he would hit Dudley’s third but he smacked his shot off the crossbar.

Half Time:- Tividale 0-2 Dudley Town

Tividale were given a lifeline within two minutes of the restart when Zazi was brought down in the penalty area by Dudley defender Jamie Edwards and Jordon Sangha stepped up and beat Dudley keeper Joe Williams from the spot.

Unbelievably Tividale handed the two goal advantage back to the visitors when straight from the kick off Funge steals after Tividale fail to clear and beats Hawkes Williams

Ryan Piggott did well to get between his two markers and get his shot off after 52 minutes and although it beat Williams it lacked the power required and a Dudley defender was able to cover and clear. But on 55 minutes Dudley were 4-1 up when from a ball into the box again Tividale fail to clear and Alex Perry is on hand to sweep the ball home.

Three minutes later and the home side are down to 10 men, when goal scorer Sangha is shown a straight red for a challenge in front of the dug outs. My opinion a foul and yellow yes. Straight red card very harsh.

At this point you felt that Tividale may fall apart here, but no not this irritating lot who proceeded to take the game to the visitors. Aon Mohammed Abbas’s free kick to make it 4-2 on 67 minutes kicked it off. A beautifully flighted strike that had Williams scrambling across his line in vain.

Piggott had a great chance to cut the arrears to one when a Mitchell slip let him in one on one with Williams but the keeper pulled off a great save. Then just as Tividale went down to 9 men with a Bratt-Wyton sin Bin fellow substitute Ezekiel Agyemang was also denied by Williams after a great passing move.

With three minutes to go Dudley were awarded a penalty after a tired looking challenge from Akhtar and Brad Mansell made 5-2 from the spot. Tividale still pressed forward and Piggott was denied a consolation goal when his shot was deflected for a corner in stoppage time.

Full Time:- Tividale 2-5 Dudley Town

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 3. Luke Postle (15. Aon Mohammed Abbas 65), 4. Jordon Sangha, 5. Raheem Akhtar, 6. Harry Higginson, 7. Tom Cottam (14. Ezekiel Agyemang 65), 8. Eddie Rann, 9. Ryan Piggott, 10. Lewis Derrick (16 Jason Wood) 76), 11.Nehemia Zazi

Unused Subs: 12. Callum Lloyd, 17. Alfie Higgs

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 30th December 2024
1874 Northwich 3-2 Tividale

A poor 10 minutes, the difference

Once again, the boys put on a great display against 1874 Northwich apart from a mad 10 minutes, when they conceded 3 goals. We have to learn that at this level and against good sides like 1874 Northwich we cannot afford to give them 3 goal starts.

Phil Rann made one change to the starting eleven for this game after the mid-week win against Wyrley in the JW Hunt Cup, Jordon Sangha coming in for Jamie Hunt. For the first 17 minutes the game was fairly quiet until 1874 full back Niall Osborne gets played in behind on the right, he crosses to an unmarked Eden Bailey, who controls well with his chest and hits home.

Three minutes later and 1874 doubled their lead. Tividale centre back Raheen Akhtar was caught in about three minds regarding what to do with the ball in his 6 yard box. 1874 forward Josh Oultram dispossess him and cuts the ball back for Joel Jones to side foot the ball into net.

On 27 minutes it’s 3-0 when again Oultram makes a nuisance of himself after receiving a neat pass from Joel Jones and then evading the challenge of Sam Bratt-Wyton down the right flank and as keeper Ethan Hawkes anticipates a cross, he cleverly lofted the ball into the roof of the net at Hawkes near post.

As 1874 dominated play it looked like Tividale would be heading for a long afternoon, but on the stroke of half time the visitors were given a lifeline. From a Hawkes goal kick Tom Cottam knocked the ball down to Lewis Derrick, his shot was parried away by 1874 keeper Mike Shorthouse, but he could do nothing about Ryan Piggott’s follow up strike and at half time Tividale were back in with a chance.

Half Time:- 1874 Northwich 3-1 Tividale

Tividale started the second half buoyed with the slim lifeline they were given at the end of the first and on 53 minutes Shorthouse did well coming out bravely to block an Ethan Delaney charge into the box. A minute later and Piggott looked all set to pull the trigger but was foiled by a brilliant Tom Morris tackle.

On 57 minutes 1874’s Chris McCann’s free kick was deflected off the Tividale wall and behind for a corner. On the hour Shorthouse was again there to deny Piggott as Tividale pressed forward. Tividale made it 3-2 in the 67^th minute when substitute Mohammed Aon Abbas got to the left byline, pulled the ball back to the edge of the area and Bratt-Wyton ran onto it and his shot flew in via Shorthouse’s left upright.

With a minimum of 23 minutes to go the momentum was with Tividale but 1874’s game management was spot on. They tightened things up, drew Tividale into unnecessary challenges and with the help of some weak officiating were able to frustrate them to the point that they received a number of what can only described as very soft bookings in the last quarter of the game.

But in the end 1874 held out for the 3 points and Tividale can only wonder as to what could have happened but for those mad 10 minutes.

Full Time:- 1874 Northwich 3-2 Tividale

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann (16. Jamie Hunt 91), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Jordon Sangha , 5. Raheem Akhtar, 6. Harry Higginson, 7. Ethan Delaney (14. Nehemia Zazi 80)), 8. Eddie Rann , 9. Ryan Piggott, 10. Lewis Derrick (15. Ezekiel Agyemang 76), 11.Thomas Cottam (12. Aon Mohammed Abbas 60)

Unused Subs: 16. Callum Lloyd

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 16th November 2024
Tividale 0-1 Atherstone Town

The Adders edge it.

Once again Tividale found a way to come up just short whatever the opposition. A display like last week and this would have been a cricket score. Instead, they put in 100 times more effort but in the end a bit of quality was the difference between the two sides.

It was a bitter sweet selection problem for Manager Phil Rann. On one hand Ethan Delaney was back in the squad after his time off, but on the other hand Jordon Sangha was unavailable for this game. The other couple of changes saw new signing Tom Cottam and Eddie Rann come in for Luke Postle and Aon Mohammed Abbas.

Tividale were under the cosh from the off as Atherstone piled on the pressure and a mixture of poor finishing and excellent defending kept the first period goalless. The best chances came first in the 5th minute when indecisiveness in the home back line allowed the prolific Ryan Harkin to take the ball down but he dragged his shot wide. On 7 minutes Ethan Hawkes had to turn a Lewis Collins shot around the post and a minute later Harkin failed to hit the target with another effort.

Tividale’s one decent chance of the first period came in the 12th minute, when Delaney was put through, beat his marker, took it wide of Adders keeper Finn Osborn but the angle became too acute and he shot wide.

There then followed a 30 minute period where Atherstone could not find the rhythm of the first 15 minutes while Tividale were a lot more comfortable defensive wise but never threatened the visitors goal. Until the 40th minute when a beautifully cushioned nod down teed up Collins nicely but the forward blazed his shot high and wide

Half Time:- Tividale 0-0 Atherstone Town

The Adders were still squandering chances in the second period. Again, Harkin the culprit as he shot wide after 51 minutes, but three minutes later he was given one chance too many and he punished Tividale. Harkin chased down a through ball from Nicol that Tividale defender Tom Rann failed to clear and he slotted home.

It should have been 2-0 on 57 minutes but again Hawkes denied Harkin, pulling off another brilliant save. Tividale’s only attempt on goal in the half fell to Sam Bratt-Wyton, but keeper Osborn watched it sail high, wide, and not very handsome.

Service was immediately restored with The Adders piling on the pressure and on 68 minutes Hawkes again saved well from Harkin. There then followed a raft of substitutes that did nothing for what was not a great game anyway and in the end  that is how the game finished with The Adders unable to add to their score and Tividale never really threatening.

Full Time:- Tividale 0-1 Atherstone Town

Tividale: 1. Ethan Hawkes, 2. Tom Rann (12. Nashawn Blake 83), 3. Sam Bratt-Wyton, 4. Ethan Delaney, 5. Callum Lloyd, 6. Harry Higginson, 7.Raheem Akhtar, 8. Eddie Rann (15.Ezekiel Agyemang 63), 9. Ryan Piggott (14. Jamie Hunt 80) 10. Jason Wood (16. Aon Mohammed Abbas 80), 11. Thomas Cottam

Unused Subs: 17. Jevani Robinson

 

Midland Football League

Premier Division

Saturday 2^nd November 2024
Uttoxeter Town 1-1 Tividale

Honours Even

After losing to Dudley Town in midweek, Phil Rann made just the two changes for this game against Uttoxeter Town. Back came Jordon Sangha and Luke Postle for Jamie Hunt and Taylor Homer.

It was the home side that started much the better and Lewis Dawson shot wide after just 3 minutes But they took the lead in the 15^th minute. The ball is worked out to the Uttoxeter right and wonderful cross from Matt Conlon finds Jack Hassall who heads home a diving header emphatically past Tividale keeper Ethan Hawkes.

Tividale slowly grew into the game and were fortunate not to draw level after 25 minutes when after some apprehension in the Uttoxeter defence Ezekiel Agyemang’s shot came back off the base of the post and was  scrambled away for a corner.

From the corner Tividale were level the Postle corner is met by Agyemang and he beats the Uttoxeter keeper Xander Parke at the near post. Tividale were now in charge and on the half hour another Postle corner was headed over by Jason Wood.

Agyemang then shot wide of Parke’s post on 37 minutes and Sangha saw his shot just clear the home crossbar to end the half..

Half Time: Uttoxeter Town 1-1 Tividale

 The home side as in the first period started the brighter and a Charlie Goldstraw defence splitting pass in the 56^th minute  into Charlie Ratcliffe deserved better as he put the ball over.

Tividale came storming back and an Agyemang cross just evaded Ethan Delaney on the hour. Delaney then cut inside and beat his man but shot straight at Parke.

Tividale’s best chance of the half came in the 68^th minute. Agyemang beat the Uttoxeter off side trap, unselfishly laid the ball off to sub Taylor Homer, but the youngster was closed down before he could get his shot off.

Spencer Whetton received the ball on the edge of the Tividale box on 79 minutes and smashes it towards goal but it’s just wide.

As the game moved into the last few minutes the game became really frantic. With both sides looking for the winner but they were both open to the counter and Joel Dyche committed two “take them for the team” fouls within a minute of each other and received his marching orders.

With literally the last kick of the game Sangha sent one whistling over Parke’s crossbar

Full Time: Uttoxeter Town 1-1 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