Midland Football League
Premier Division
Tuesday 10th March 2026
Tividale 2-2 Uttoxeter Town

Hard Earned Point

 

Tividale were looking to start this run of three home games in eight days on a positive note against the side who started the game at the foot of the table. But we know from previous experiences, league positions mean nothing on any given day.

The home side started the brighter  but it was Uttoxeter who had the first clear chance but Jack Higgs but had no problem with the save and then Tividale’s Alfie Higgs had a half chance that Uttoxeter keeper Charlie Wood also saved  comfortably.

On 33 minutes a Jack Higgs clearance falls kindly  for Uttoxeter forward Issac Moreledge but Higgs was out quickly to stop the shot. Two minutes later and Tividale were ahead.  A Brad Maslen Jones free kick is swung in to the back post and Ezekiel Agyemang fired home from close range

The home side should have been 2-0 up on 37 minutes when Ben McSkeane found himself free in the Uttoxeter penalty area, but his shot is straight at Wood.

With 2 minutes of the half remaining Tividale centre back Jordan Spragg is sin binned for dissent after questioning the decision to give Uttoxeter a goal kick when he thought it was a corner

Half Time:- Tividale 1-0 Uttoxeter Town

Although Spragg had to sit on the bench for the remainder of his sinbin. The visitors posed no real threat. But within a minute of his return Uttoxeter were awarded a penalty on 52 minutes

It looked like a mistimed tackle from Liam Matthews but Jack Henchcliffe made no mistake, sending Higgs the wrong way.

Uttoxeter have their tails up now and two minutes later they are ahead. John McHugh left un marked in the Tividale area and beats Higgs with his shot

With 5 minutes to go Spragg’s night goes from bad to worse as he sees red for a second yellow with a poor challenge right in front of the dugout’s

Tividale again had the upper hand with a man down and threw everything at Uttoxeter and on 87 minutes Alfie Higgs was left with a back post tap in to share the points

Full Time:- Tividale 2-2 Uttoxeter Town

 

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 7th March 2026
Hanley Town 2-1 Tividale

Tividale go down away from home

Tividale travelled to high flying Hanley Town in their latest fixture and on the overall display, and buoyed on by the new Tividale Ultras they will feel that they deserved something out of the game.

 

Tividale started the brighter and had an appeal for a penalty turned down in the 5th minute when Alfie Higgs was barged off the ball.% minutes later and it was Hanley looking for a penalty, again turned down

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On 14 minutes Tividale did get a penalty when Liam Matthews was bought down in the box and Brad Maslen-Jones sends the keeper the wrong way. To put us ahaead

The lead lasted all of 4 minutes a Kyle Stubbs long throw causes havoc in the box the ball drops to Jake Twyford who gets to the ball after it ricochet;s and blasts it home with Tividale looking for a handball.

Hanley had a great chance when a Stubbs cross was met by a Tommy Van Der Laan header but it was comfortably saved by Jack Higgs.

With a number of first half stoppages, including a lengthy one that led to Wayne Mubayi having to be substituted in the 37th minute and also Hanley’s Eden Bailey going off in the 45th minute.

 

So there was going to be a fair amount of stoppage time and Hanley took the lead on 47 minutes a ball into the box by Jack Van Der Laan was flicked on by Joel Stair and Lewis Porter steered the ball home

Half Time:- Hanley Town 2–1 Tividale

 

A Maslen-Jones has shot from distance was the first chance of the half but it went well over and wide. .

The game then entered a bit of a lull with both teams cancelling each other out.

A great save from Jack Higgs on 77 minutes to deny Twyford keeps Tividale in the game. And 5 minutes later Higgs produced an even better one  when he saved a point blank Fin Pattison shot

Full Time:- Hanley Town 2-1 Tividale

We huffed and  puffed in the second half but couldn’t get that equaliser. Keeper Jack Higgs kept us in it with some great saves