THE FACTS

JW Hunt Cup

1st Round

Brocton FC v Tividale FC

Tuesday 29th October 2019

Kick off at 7.45pm

Its back to cup action for Tividale this week and we visit our friends from Brocton. It was a pity that our game against Worcester City was called off at the weekend because our last couple of performances have been really pleasing and it would have set us up nicely for this one

Brocton’s game on Saturday also fell foul to the weather but are well placed in second spot in the Midland Football League Division 1 and on their last outing beat Rocester 5-4 in a thriller. Up until our last meeting we have not had a lot of luck against them.

 

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THE HISTORY

We met at The Beeches last season in the 3rd Round of this competition and were 3-2 winners in a thriller that Tividale won at the death with a bizarre goal. Brocton went ahead on the stroke of half time when a Jack Edwards thunderbolt gave Tividale keeper Ryan Cheshire no chance. Demetri Brown drew Tividale level at the start of the second period.  Matt Kimmins put Brocton back in front on the hour but Tividale were level again when a Welding shot beat Brocton keeper Mark Wiggins but unfortunately for the keeper came back off the post, hit him and went in.

Tividale’s winner came when Darragh Bustin got his head to a cross then went down under the challenge of two Brocton defenders. Tividale players appealing to the referee for a penalty, Brocton’s defenders claiming it was a dive and while all this was going on, Wiggins was unsighted and the ball bounced merrily on it’s way over the Brocton goal line and sent Tividale into the semi final draw.

Previously was in the 2017-2018 first qualifying round of the FA Vase, the first hurdle in the competition. Unanswered goals from Brocton’s Paul McMahon sent us crashing out..

We were both in the Midland League Premier when we met in the 2016-2017 season and Brocton completed the double over us. In what was our first away game of that season an early Dan Lomas goal sealed the points for Brocton. The result at The Beeches looked more comfortable on paper but again it was a tight affair. Nick Wellecomme opened the scoring for Brocton and Tividale did get back level through Elliott Hartley but two Dan Lomas goals earned the visitors the points.

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THE RECENT FORM

Tividale – D L W L D W

Brocton – L W W W W W

 

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THE SQUAD NEWS

Apart from Curtis Cocking still recovering from his ankle injury and the normal few niggling injuries, It is a full squad.

 

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THE SPECTATOR DETAILS

Match programme £??

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 19th October 2019
Tividale 1-1 Coventry United

Tividale are United in the points

In the end a point a piece was a fair result as both sides struggled too break down two well organised defences. 

Click HERE for full report
Click HERE for Jeff Bennett’s photo’s

 

THE FACTS

Birmingham Senior Cup
Round One
Sutton Coldfield Town FC v Tividale FC
Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Kick off at 7:45pm

We are back on the road for our return to the Birmingham Senior Cup. It was great to get to the final of the Midweek Floodlight Cup last season but no disrespect this is the competition you want to be in. With a chance of playing any one of our Premiership, Championship or League One neighbours.

It was great to see the lads bounce back from the disappointment against Romulus with a stunning performance against Coventry United on Saturday. When with a depleted squad we took the lead with 3 minutes to go. But was pegged back in injury time. It may have felt like 2 points dropped at the end but we would have took the point at 3pm and on the balance of play it was a fair result.

Sutton have not had the greatest of starts this season and are sitting in the bottom two of the NPL South East Division but they have only played 7 league games and have up to 6 games in hand with the teams around them at the moment so expect a rapid rise up the table. They was involved in a thrilling 4-4 draw with Loughborough Dynamo at the weekend. So this has the ingredients to be a cracker

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THE HISTORY

We faced Sutton 3 times in the 2014-2015 season, our first in the NPL. The first meeting was at The Beeches in the 2nd round of the Walsall Senior Cup when goals from Nigel Penney and Jordan Archer put us 2-0 up in the first 8 minutes. Mykel Beckley pulled one back for the visitors but Tividale held on for the win. The first league meeting was on Boxing Day 2014. In Sutton played in a snow blizzard. Sutton went a goal ahead 7 minutes into the second half when Justin Richards converted a penalty. Leigh Downing brought Tividale level and further goals from Jordan Archer and another from Downing ensured Tividale’s 3-1 win.

The return fixture was played on a beautiful Easter Bank Holiday and the points were shared. Another Justin Richards penalty on the stroke of half time gave Sutton the lead and even though Archer equalised for Tividale. They felt they should have won it but Zac Foster had a penalty saved by Sutton keeper Lee Evans.

The next time we met was in last seasons Walsall Senior Cup 2nd Round at The Beeches and Sutton came away with a 3-0 win. James Mutton gave the visitors a 1-0 half time lead. Alex Moore and Francis Amartey added second half goals to round off the scoring.

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THE LAST 6 GAMES FORM

Tividale –  W D L W L D

Sutton Coldfield Town – D W W L W D

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THE SQUAD NEWS

Dan Smith will be available after his one game ban. This will be Luke Carter’s last of his three. Darragh Bustin and Lewis Probert should be available after missing the Coventry United game.

Tom Hurdman and Freddie Watts are injury concerns and Curtis Cocking is still recovering from his ankle injury.

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THE SPECTATOR DETAILS

Sutton Coldfield Town FC
CENTRAL GROUND
Coles Lane,
Sutton Coldfield,
B72 1NL.

Admission Prices Adults £10,
Concessions £7 (Over 65’s)
Under 18’s £1
Match programme £??