Brocton 1 Pelsall Villa 2
Midland Combination Premier Division
At: Old Police Sports Ground
Kick-off: 3-00 pm
Admission: £4; Programme: £1 (32 pages)
Mileage: 6.8 miles
Weather: cloudy, showers
Attendance: 43
Duration: first-half: 45:00 second-half: 50:12
After three midweek trips, at last a first Saturday afternoon visit to Brocton’s Old Police Sports Ground I far as my records are concerned through I did ‘watch’ a game between Staffs Police and Bilston Town sometime during the mid-1970s. Second-from-bottom Pelsall took a first-half lead from the penalty spot and doubled it with a spectacular dipping 50-yard shot hit from out on the right by Dan Hall. Richard Jones pulled a goal back for the Badgers, who could find an equaliser with leading scorer Gary Fife hitting the woodwork. With just a 3.6 mile round trip from home to ground, I’ve normally walked to the ground though tied legs from last night’s nine mile training run left me needing to use the car for once.
Brocton (green/white/green): 1. Adam Whitehouse, 2. Richard Jones, 3. Aaron Gough, 4. Michael Hathaway, 5. Dan Lomas, 6. Matt Skinner (capt), 7. Jim Mulherin, 8. Jon Wylde, 9. Andy Chandler, 10. Alex Barnfather, 11. Jamie Evans. Subs: 12. Dan Richardson (for Hathaway, 47), 14. Gary Fife (for Mulherin, 71), 15. Rob Winstanley (for Barnfather, 83), 16. Jack Hall (not used), 17. Richard Miller (not used).Pelsall Villa (red and black stripes / black / black): 1. Chris Collins, 2. Dan Hall, 3. John Littler, 4. Harry Phillips, 5. Aaron Simpson, 6. Craig Timmins, 7. Scott Chapman, 8. Andy Bentley (capt), 9. Mark Holdcroft, 10. Mitchel Green, 11. Keith Grimley. Subs: 12. Ryan Wilkins (for Green, 68), 14. Hamilton Nunda (for Holdcroft, 81), 15. Jason Wright (not used), 16. Jon Vickers (not used).
Referee: Trevor Sharratt.
Assistants: Paul Lindsay and Phil Lindsay.
Goals:
0-1 Andy Bentley (28)
0-2 Dan Hall (55)
1-2 Richard Jones (61)
Cards:
Brocton: none
Pelsall: Scott Chapman (YC, 22), Andy Bentley (YC, 73), Aaron Simpson (YC, 80)
