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Dave Goddard Lichfield Blog 16 Aug 10
Chasetown FC came from behind in their friendly against Sheffield FC with super-subs Dave Egan and Grant Ryan on target in the second half.
The world’s first football club had the upper hand in the first half, but several changes saw the Scholars rally excellently and Ryan snatched the winner under pressure six minutes from time…
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Advertiser 12 Aug 10
Khalsa cling on for a hard-fought win
Khalsa warmed up for this weekend’s big kick-off with victory over tenants Willenhall in a seven-goal thriller at Noose Lane.
Landlords Sporting started well and were two goals up within five minutes, with strikes from Tange Nghishidimbwa and Rob Douras…
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Darren Stockall Rushall Olympic FC 7 Aug 10
Olympic claim another scalp at Dales Lane
Rushall Olympic’s pleasing pre-season campaign continued unabated as they recorded an excellent home victory against Eastwood Town of the Blue Square North thanks to a goal in each half.
Olympic shocked their higher league opponents in the twelfth minute by forging into the lead when Anthony Maguire found Craig Bannister with a well timed pass and as the striker skipped into the right side of the box he finished coolly by slotting the ball past ‘keeper Ian Deakin…
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Ceegeebee Willenhall FC 9 Aug 10
Willenhall came from behind twice to grab a deserved draw at home to Coventry Sphinx. However, the home side made the worst possible start when Josh Ruff gave the visitors a second minute lead.
Willenhall entered the game on 11 minutes when Jack Goodwin couldn’t quite direct his back-post header on target from a corner…
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Dave Goddard Lichfield Blog 9 Aug 10
Dean Perrow missed a penalty as Chasetown played out a goalless draw in their friendly at Quorn.
The spot-kick came shortly after the break when the striker was barged over by home keeper Matt Nurse as he headed goalwards, but Nurse redeemed himself by palming away the striker’s penalty kick…
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Steve Stuart Rushall Olympic FC 4 Aug 10
Rushall Olympic were held to a goalless draw by a youthful Saddlers side in Tuesday’s friendly at Dales Lane.
With Walsall bringing a mix of youth teamers and first year pros the Pics started with a side with a fair share of possibles and a bench consisting of a larger proportion of probables.
The Pics however were quickly out of the blokes and Ashley Francis used his pace to break clear of the Saddlers back line, he was brought down by Liam Mayer and the referee pointed to the spot. Neil Zaric took the spot kick but his drive lacked sufficient angle and allowed Mayer to make up for his error…
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Dave Goddard Lichfield Blog 3 Aug 10
Despite high hopes after holding Aston Villa to a draw the previous week, Chasetown were outplayed by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The Scholars were back to full strength after resting several players at the weekend in readiness for Monday’s big match, but although the Evo-Stik Premier men showed one or two flashes of brilliance, the pace and experience of the Wolves side was clear to see…
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Willenhall Town FC 1 Aug 10
Willenhall battled hard before ultimately over-running a very skillful London Colney side.
The home side started brightly, Mark Fullwood made an early contribution when he flew across goal to keep out a 4th minute free-kick…
Football: Friendly
Walsall FC 31 Jul 10
The Saddlers shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Port Vale, which proved to be a good work-out for Chris Hutchings’ side with just seven days to go until the start of the new season.
The Saddlers started the brighter of the two teams and posed all of the early questions. The opening goal duly arrived on ten minutes when Alex Nicholls cut inside from the left and found the back of the net with a low strike…
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Darren Stockall Rushall Olympic FC 31 Jul 10
Rushall Olympic completed a relatively comfortable victory at home to higher league Stourbridge thanks to a goal in each half.
As early as the sixth minute the hosts threatened when good distribution by their custodian picked out Danny Ludlow in the left side of the Glassboys box, who cut inside and sent a curling effort just shy of the far post with ‘keeper Sam Pearson at full stretch…