Midland Football League
Premier Division
Saturday 14th March 2026
Tividale 3-3  AFC Wolverhampton City

A Game of  Two Halves

Tividale earned a point against play off chasing AFC Wolverhampton City but the lads were still disappointed.

I am sure we would have taken your arm if offered a point at 3pm, but the lad’s first half performance was arguably the best we had played all season and within a minute of the second period we were 3-0 ahead, but AFC showed why they are where they are in the league and were level within 20 minutes of the half and in the end we had to dig in to earn the point.

Tividale were ahead after just 6 minutes took an early lead as they catch City asleep and Alfie Higgs nips  inside off the left and fires low past Arnold. Tividale nearly add a second as Higgs shoots low but Arnold gets down well.

On 13 minutes it was 2-0 as Higgs charged down the keepers clearance and scored from an acute angle.

On the half hour Arnold does well again to turn a Ben McSkeane shot around the post, AFC never really threatened in the half as Tividale went into the interval on top.

Half Time:- Tividale 2–0 AFC Wolverhampton City

Within a minute of the second period and a slip in the AFC defence and Ezekiel Agyemang pounced to make it 3-0.

What Tividale required was a quiet 5 minute period where they settle and get ready for the inevitable onslaught from the visitors but  instead 90 seconds later it was 3-1 as Joe Clarke rises highest in the box from a corner and his header hits the far corner.

AFC were now the dominant side and 4 minutes later it was 3-2. When City get another from another set piece. This time the ball bounces in the box and falls to Wedderburn who smashes it passed Jack Higgs

City were level on 66 minutes when another corner caused Tividale’s problems. This time again Tividale failed to clear and a Cockerell back heel beat Jack Higgs. The home side then had to defend brilliantly as AFC poured forward but Tividale’s defence stood firm and saw out the game for the point.

Full Time:- Tividale 3-3 AFC Wolverhampton City

In summary it was the old cliché of a game of two halves and Tividale should have been out of sight in the first half, but credit to AFC who battled back to earn the draw.

 

 

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