AFC Smethwick 5 Feckenham 1
Midland Combination Division 2
At: Holly Lane, Erdington, Birmingham
Admission: none; Programme: none
Kick-off: 3-00 pm
Attendance: 11 (headcount)
Weather: hot and sunny
Duration: first-half: 49:02; second-half: 49:19
After Feckenham took the points on Thursday, AFC Smethwick came out convincing winners in today’s return Midland Combination Division 2 fixture at their Holly Lane ground in Erdington. On a hot and sunny afternoon, Feckenham again gained an early lead but AFC Smethwick bounced back to net five unanswered goals. With hurling being played on a neighbouring pitch over the other side of the fence, it was good to watch the football in the company of Mike Greaves, Andy Dakin and another north-west-based traveller with his dog and son.
AFC Smethwick (green and white hoops / white / white): 1. Parminder Singh, 2. Jughoham Gill, 3. Kieran Lail, 4. Manfrit Sahota (capt), 5. Darshan Ram, 6. Jaspal Singh, 7. Kam Sandhu, 8. Ricky Sandhu, 9. Ashley Edwards, 10. Bobbwinder Nahal, 11. Randeep Bhogul. Subs: 12. Nick Singh (not used), 13. Nathan Gill (not used), 14. Rajwant Sangha (not used), 16. Sandip Leeba (not used).
Feckenham (red/red/red): 1. Trevor Whittington, 2. Nigel Adams, 3. Ashley Bunn, 4. Chris Edwards, 5. Danny Janes, 6. David Edwards, 7. James Burke (capt), 8. Adam Hill, 9. Karl Surman, 10. Tony Wakefield, 11. Craig Frampton. Subs: 12. Ian Heppinstall (for Frampton, 60), 14. Ben White (for Burke, 65), 15. Gavin Barrett (not used), 16. Matthew Cooke (for David Edwards, 79).
Referee: K. Williscroft.
Assistants: G. Wilkes and L. Cheeseman.
Goals:
0-1 Karl Surman (5)
1-1 Ashley Edwards (25)
2-1 Ricky Sandhu (49)
3-1 Manfrit Sahota (54)
4-1 Manfrit Sahota (66)
5-1 Bobbwinder Nahal (90)
Cards:
AFC Smethwick: none
Feckenham: Ian Heppinstall (YC, 90+3)
