Report Sunday November 13th
Under 8s Under 9s Autumn League
The first week of the mini-soccer league saw five games with all teams playing twice.
St Joseph’s Colts u9 were in fine form winning both of their matches. A close contest
against Pendeford Utd u9 saw the Colts emerge with a 3-2 win thanks to two goals
from Jayden Dearn and one from Alex Grochalski. For Pendeford, Crystal Lane &
Tyrone Chamunorwa hit the net. In their other match St Joseph’s came up against
Penn Rovers u8 and hit four with one in reply scored by Rovers’ Kobi Bell. On target
for St Joseph’s in this game were Jayden Dearn again, and hat-trick hero Ziko Essor.
Penn Rovers u8 other match was an all u8 affair against Coven Utd. A great game
saw Coven take the win 3-2 having Zak Davies, Hayden Jones and Harvey Murphy on
the scoresheet. For Penn, Luke Perkin and Owen Thomas found the net.
Pendeford Utd u9 were in action again versus Springvale Steelers u9 and in another
close fought contest Pendeford took the points with a 2-1 win. Two goals for
Pendeford’s Tyrone Chamunorwa sealed the win, and Tommy Bromley replied for
the Steelers.
Springvale Steelers u9 other game was against Coven Utd u8 and the elder team
secured a 2-0 win after another goal from Tommy Bromley and a strike by James
Reade.
Under 11s Winter League
The first week of this competition saw three matches and thirty goals. Top of the
pile goals-wise were Lane Head Utd who secured a 17-0 win against Springvel
Steelers. Connor Dunne banged in seven, Clayton Jack, four, Harvey Forrester, two,
and Jayden Grocutt, Alfie Giles, George Giles, and Callum Boswell scored one each.
The other Lane Head team – Jaguars – also won, beating Coven Utd 4-1. The Jaguars’
scorers were Lewis Mangra (2), Dylan Edge and Jenson Bridges, with Tapiwanashe
Ngove replying for Coven.
Black Country Ravens also had an opening day win, beating Liddar Sports 6-2. For
Ravens, Caevahn Pugh hit a hat-trick and his teammates Callum Brown, Daniel
Foster and Diante Burnett also scored. Liddar’s net-busters were Yash Nagoria and
Manraj Dhariwal.
Under 13s division
Chicko Madanhi was in fine form for Springvale, netting 5 in their 8 – 3 win over AFC
Woodcross in a bottom of table clash. Calum Giles added a further 2 with Pharrel
Edwards scoring 1 to make the 8. Woodcross scorers were Zaine Smith, Hope
Nkengo and Lewis Dowen.
Division leaders Lanehead Bullets goal king Farley Kidner scored 7 in their meeting
with second placed AFC Willenhall, team mate Dean Taundry also netted a hattrick.
Kieran Head and Luke Sarullo replied for Willenhall.
Maxwell Corinaldi and Tyrone Bull both found the net on 3 occasions with Tyler Lee
Round and Harrison Austin-Short adding to the score in All Star Wanderers 8 – 3 win
over Punjab United. Taran Singh Sanghera scored a hattrick for Punjab.
Under 16s Division 1
A big game at the top of the table saw the two unbeaten teams – Ashmore Park
Rangers and Silverdale Strikers – come together at APR’s ground, and as befitted the
fine form both teams have been in, a close game was settled by the odd goal as
Silverdale won 3-2. Strikers’ Jack Plant scored two and Jack Powers grabbed the
other. Sam Booth and Bradley Shinton were on taregt for APR, who still lead the
table on 18 points, but Silverdale are now just three points behind with two games
in hand.
Bottom of the table Sedgley White Lions took on third-in-the-table Bloxwich Rangers
and the two teams fought out a 2-2 draw with Jack Glasby scoring both of Sedgley’s
goals and Callum Golder and Lewis Doyle hitting the net for Bloxwich who remain in
third place on eight points.
The final game in this division was another draw played out between St Joseph’s
Saints and Silverdale Spartans ending 1-1. Connor Garrett scored the Spartans goal.
Under 16s Division 2
Silverdale Rangers travelled to Phoenix Warriors looking to break clear at the top of
the table but were held 1-1. Armend Tora scored the Phoenix goal and Gabriel Trych
was on target for Silverdale who now sit joint top with Springvale Steelers on 14
points.
Under 16s Jim Rickuss League Cup
A first round five-goal thriller resulted when Woden Warriors went to Wyrley Juniors
Colts. The home side’s Matt Hughes scored both of this team’s goals, but strikes
from Connor Bottley, Joshua Zyberi and Billy Young ensured the Warriors progressed
to the next round.
Under 16s County Cup
Great Barr Harriers represented the BPYFL in the Birmingham County Cup but were
muscled out of the competition by Boldmer who won 6-2. On target for Great Barr
were Cain Dicken and Daniel Szollosy.
Under 17s Division
In this division the top two were both in action and both won to maintain their
respective unbeaten records. AFC Bilston made sure they held onto top spot by
beating Questlett Crusaders 7-2 at home. The Bilston goalscorers included a double
of doubles from Summers and Kumar, whilst Ledwige, Saroy and Hodgson chipped
in with one each. Queslett’s target-men were Peace and Eghan.
Wood Green kept up their pursuit of AFC Bilston with a home win of their own, 2-1
against Great Barr Harriers who had Kermal Campbell hit the net, only for the goal
to be cancelled out by strikes from Wood Green’s Josh O’Toole and Rajan Natt
Singh.
Punjab Utd were close to their first points of the season but were edged out 1-2 at
home to Gunners FC who had Jordan Parker and Harry Jones hit the net. The Punjab
goal came from Ajaree Brown.
So those results see AFC Bilston top with 16 points from six games, closely followed
by Wood Green Athletic three points behind but with a game in hand. Queslett
Crusaders sit a further four behind in third place.
Under 19s Charity Cup Group
The round-robin phase of this competition got underway this week seeing five
games played, all of which produced a winner.
The tightest game came at Great Barr Harriers Athletic who welcomed Wednesfield
FC and ran out 3-2 winners. Eldair Ngoma (2) and Oliver Hollyhead did the damage
for Great Barr but Ben Styles’ and Jordan Lovell’s goals for Wednesfield made a
game of it.
A high-scoring yet close game at Brocton FC as the home side went down 4-6 to
Coven Utd. Hero-of-the-hour-and-a-half for Coven was Charlie Swingwood who
scored five and his team mate Jack Tonks bagged the other. Four players found the
net for Brocton: Will Trotman, William Colclough, Patrick O’Connor and Joshua
Wilson.
League leaders Bloxwich Town kept up their fine form beating visitors Penkridge FC
5-1 thanks to goals from Luke Oakley (2), James McGrady (2) and Thomas Hill. Tom
Sabin grabbed the Penkridge goal.
Great Barr United are having a tough old time in the league and unfortunately their
luck didn’t change in this competition as they were trounced at home by Cheslyn
Hay 18-0. Six players scored hat-tricks for the victors – Edward Pomroy, Kenan
Kenner, Dyllan Hill, Rob Smith, Jarrod Hazel and Nick Gray.
Bloxwich Rangers who are also struggling in the league travelled to high-flying Old
Hall Eagles and similarly to Great Barr United, a change in competition bought no
change in fortunes. Old Hall romped home 13-1 having Chine Sum Numeric, Michael
Nana, and Nathan Griffiths each hit a hat-trick, with Joseph Lovatt, Lewis Green,
Simms Sibande and our old friend OG scoring one apiece. The Bloxwich consolation
came from Reece Berry.
Under 21s League
League leaders Penkridge FC made it six wins from seven with a resounding 11-0
home win over Shere Punjab. Matt Smith topped the charts with four, Tom Pickford
had to settle for three, Greg Marshall banged in two, and Tom Edge and OG rounded
off the scoring.
The bottom two went head-to-head at Windsor Playing Fields, home of Penn Rovers
who welcomed Wyrley Juniors. The two teams were equals all the way finishing with
a 2-2 draw and thus both achieving their first point of the season. On target for Penn
was Benjamin Whittaker who scored both of this team’s goals, while Thomas Hendry
and Scott Gill found the net for Wyrley.