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September 2010 |
Friendly Please St
Thomas are after a friendly next week. I know everyone else is in action
but we frequently have other sides wanting to play our teams. If you are
up for a game, please get in touch with Rob Hill at rob.s.hill@blueyonder.co.uk |
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September 2010 |
Saturday Review Division One Halesowen Zion 2 Champions Church 5 Champions
Church start as they mean to go on, leading the table from the off,
although they didn't have it all their own way. Shawn Devonport
reports: Well its taken two years but today saw us finally
mix it with the big guys and I guess it's only now we can prove ourselves.
Today saw the perfect setting, the Lea Castle pitch is like a carpet
it's that flat and I think Zion will enjoy playing there but so did
we today because we also like to get the ball down on the deck so it
made for a good game. City Church 5 Zion Athletic 2 City join Champions as joint leaders after match day number one. Martin Ogbourn reports: Today's game was a strange affair as the season kicked off in glorious late summer sunshine. City raced into an early three-goal lead with two excellent finishes from Barry Richards and one headed goal from Chris Yeo (who were both superb in their first competitive starts). However, this seemed to spur Zion on rather than City and Zion played some improved passing football when they scored two well-taken goals to leave a comfortable lead a little more precarious for City by half time. A Zion player was unfortunate to be sent off towards the end of the half to add to Zion's woes. (Half time 3-2) City kept possession much better in the second half and had better team shape. Further goals were well worked and finished by Chris Yeo and an early 'goal of the season contender' from Quaintance who was excellent once again in an unfamiliar role. Overall the game was competitive yet there is certainly more to come from City. The positive thing was that our finishing today was very clinical and Melia and Chattaway also had impressive games. Zion look to have some skillful players and passed the ball well at times. They should do better than last year. King's AFC 2 Amblecote 0 There were just two sides this week-end to fail to score: All Nations and Amblecote. I think it's also a good sign that no team won by more than three goals and no-one scored more than five. In any type of sport, teams or individuals need to be evenly matched or it's a bit of a waste of time playing. King's will be pleased with their season opener today. Amblecote have looked impressive at times in pre-season. Richard Ricketts was amongst the scorers today, he top-scored in Division One last year.
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September 2010 |
So it's finally here, the season starts tomorrow. Not everyone's in action this Saturday but we have fifteen games taking place. Loads of people have been asking me when am I putting up my predeictions and where do yo think we will end? I must admit to being a little apprehensive about publishing but it's proven so popular, I had to give it a whirl. I did put a note out before I went on holiday but I only had two or three responses: Tom Baugh from Wolves and Perton proedicted that I was going to predict that they were going to be relegated. I have to say that I think that Division One is looking strong this year and there is no clear-cut relegation candidate. David Spencer from Pye Green ventured his opinion: Division 1 - Champions - they're very consistant. Division 2 - MBD United - they don't seem to have lost it as some may have thought they would. Division 3 - Living Hope - they're just so well organised and some how acquired some skillful players late season. Regarding The PG Towers: I'll say an optomistic 8th. Though I could imagine most would place us 11th or 10th just on top of All Nations battling with a space with Beacon, who we have beaten 4-1, 3-1 and 7-1; I didn't report the latter due to knowing too well how bad they felt. But they was before they gained Wayne Taylor off us. Chris Thomas from MBD says: I think it will be a three-horse race at the top, with Clarendon too strong for St. Mary's and Amblecote. MBD will win Div 2, with Renewal and Junction 10 also gaining promotion. Living Hope will beat Revival Fires to the 3rd Division title. So what about me? Click here to find out. |
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