AFC Birmingham V Gornal AFC Birmingham will be looking to respond to last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Feckenham with a convincing home win against Gornal at Illey Lane tomorrow afternoon. It’s been an excellent season from the hosts who are challenging for automatic promotion over the final few weeks. There only three points off Feckenham in 2nd with a game in hand over the Millers so it’s all to play for. They have been strong at home throughout the campaign with sevens wins and three draws from twelve matches. It’s shaping up to be a big week with upcoming games against Silhill (Home) and Castle Vale Town (Away) in the league. Regardless of what happens in the push for the top two, it’s been a successful season for AFC Birmingham who have been one of the standout teams at this level. Gornal will be looking to build on their encouraging mid-week win against Meadow Park on Wednesday with a statement result tomorrow afternoon. The visitors have been playing well of late and been competitive in losses to the likes of Castle Vale Town and Balsall and Berkswell over the last month. There’s been some positives for Gornal in their first season at this level. The likes of Habil Darboe and Jaden Muckley have impressed up front and Tyler Beach has been solid in goal and kept the visitors in matches. They could be a tough team to play tomorrow if they can build some momentum and settle into the match. AFC Solihull V Meadow Park AFC Solihull will be looking to continue their excellent form with a result against Meadow Park tomorrow afternoon. The league leaders have shown consistency throughout the last month with 15 points from their last six matches. There in a brilliant position with an eleven-point lead over AFC Feckenham in 2nd. Their main attacking threat to look out for is Jahvan Howell who has been excellent since joining from DSC United at the start of the season. He has 42 goals over the last two seasons in division three. Meadow Park will be looking to get a statement result against AFC Solihull tomorrow. The visitors are comfortably in midtable for the final few weeks of the season and are challenging for a top ten finish. It’s been a successful first season at this level for the Worcester club who have been competitive. One of their main issues has been away from home with ten points from twelve matches. There on a tough run of form over the last month and coming off six consecutive defeats. None the less, the season as a whole has been encouraging and it will be interesting to see how they get on next year. Balsall and Berkswell V Northfield Town Balsall and Berkswell will be looking for a statement result against promotion chasing Northfield Town tomorrow at Lavendar Hall Lane. The Hornets are on an encouraging run of form over the last few weeks with 13 points from their last five matches. They have been brilliant at home of late with four consecutive wins and could be a real challenge for Northfield in this match. They have been solid at home throughout the season with only three losses from thirteen matches and there challenging for a top half finish. Jordan Featherstone is a player to watch who has been an excellent signing for Balsall from Leamington Hibernian. He has three goals from four matches for the Hornets. Northfield are challenging for promotion to step seven over the next few weeks and are only a point off Feckenham with a game in hand. It’s going to be a huge two weeks with six matches left to play which includes a huge match away at Feckenham on the 2nd of April. They have responded brilliantly since losing 2-0 at Boldmere Falcons and are on a run of three consecutive wins going into the weekend. A player to watch for the visitors is Ermand Kaloti who is hitting a good run of form with seven goals from his last three matches. The main positive for Northfield is that promotion is in their hands if they can keep getting results and win away at Feckenham. Birmingham Tigers V Castle Vale Town Birmingham Tigers will be looking to build on the positives of the 3-2 home loss to Solihull Sporting with a good performance against Castle Vale Town tomorrow. It’s been a challenging season for the Tigers who are mainly playing for pride over the next few weeks. If they could tighten up at the back, they could cause the visitors some problems tomorrow. It’s not been too bad up front of late with five goals from their last two matches. Castle Vale Town have been excellent in division three and are challenging for a top six finish over their three remaining games. The Spitfires have been strong away from home with nine wins from fourteen matches. A key part of their success has been at the back with only 19 goals conceded on the road. When they have got the quality of Jordan McKenzie and Tarus Zaman up front in a tight match, they have a good chance of getting points. Luke Smith is a player to watch in central defence who has started all of the Spitfires’ 29 league games. Continental Star V Feckenham Continental Star will be looking for an eye-catching result against promotion chasing Feckenham tomorrow afternoon at the Holford Drive Community Hub. The Perry Barr club have a busy schedule over the next week with upcoming matches against BNJS (Away) and Meadow Park (Away). It’s been a relatively good season for the hosts who have been competitive against a range of quality sides in division three throughout the campaign. One of the highlights was beating Feckenham away from home 3-1 at Mill Lane a month ago. Given their league position, they have been tough to beat at home with four wins and four draws from fifteen matches. Feckenham are in a good position for that second automatic promotion spot with five matches to go. It’s been an excellent season for the Millers in division three and there’s a lot to play for over the next few weeks. If they can keep on getting results and win at home against Northfield Town, they have an excellent chance of promotion to step seven. The Millers are hitting a good run of form at the right time of the season with three consecutive wins going into this match. They got a crucial home win against AFC Birmingham last weekend alongside not dropping points at BNJS in mid-week. William Skelton is a player to watch in this match who scored a hat-trick in the win against BNJS on Tuesday evening. Silhill V Leamington Hibernian Silhill will be looking to build on their excellent 5-0 win away at Gornal last weekend. The Solihull club are challenging for a top six finish over the next few weeks, and it’s been an excellent first campaign at this level. They have adjusted to step eight well and not looked out of place. They have been excellent at home of late with eye catching wins against AFC Solihull and Northfield Town at Sharmans Cross. It’s been a tough place for teams to go with just two losses from thirteen matches for Silhill. Gilad Grant is a key player to watch who has that quality on the ball to unlock defences. Leamington Hibernian will be looking to respond to the mid-week losses against Balsall and Berkswell and Wake Green Amateur with a result against Silhill tomorrow. There’s been positives for the visitors under new manager Kyle King and they played well to beat Solihull Sporting last weekend at home. They will be looking to frustrate Silhill and keep the match tight to see if they can get something out of it. It’s all about building for Leamington Hibernian with one eye on the bigger picture. Solihull Sporting V Wake Green Amateur Solihull Sporting will be looking to build on the 3-2 win at Birmingham Tigers with a result against Wake Green Amateur tomorrow. The hosts are comfortably in mid table and looking to see the season out with a good run of form. One of their main strengths has been in the final third with a total of 61 goals scored from 27 matches which is encouraging. A player to watch is Fiifi Kwofie who has 12 goals in all competitions for the hosts. Wake Green Amateur will be looking for a result to cement their position in the top half of the table. There on an excellent run of form with three consecutive wins over the last week which includes away wins against Boldmere Falcons, Leamington Hibernian and DSC United. Ashley Smith is a key attacking threat for the visitors with 36 goals scored over the last two seasons. Preview feature written by Rhys Beardmore for the Midland Football League AFC Wulfrunians 0-1 Atherstone Town Atherstone finished their season with a win against AFC Wulfrunians at Castlecroft over the weekend. It’s been a positive campaign for the Adders at step five and the result confirms a top half finish which is a good achievement in a competitive division. Gabe Webster scored the winner for the visitors in the second half in a tight match against two evenly matched teams. AFC Wulfrunians have one more game remaining which is against Stone Old Alleynians next weekend at Kings Park. Both teams will be looking ahead to next season and are in a good position to challenge with the future looking bright. Dudley Town 1-5 Congleton Town Congleton got a memorable win against Dudley Town at the Guardian Warehousing Arena on Saturday. It’s their 8th away win of the season and was watched by an excellent crowd of 601 supporters. It was a team effort in front of goal for the visitors with the five goals coming from George Sankey, Ethan Hartshorn, Daniel Cocks, Max McCarthy and Tom Hampton. Dudley Town scored a consolation goal late on through Abdul Bashiru to make it 5-1 to the visitors at full time. The Bears have one of the best attacks in the league with 96 goals scored over the course of 33 matches. They have one more match to go against Tividale in mid-week to finish the campaign. Regardless of the result, it’s been a positive season for Dudley Town who have finished in the top half of the table and been one of the form teams since the New Year. Highgate United 7-0 Wolverhampton Casuals Highgate got a convincing win against Wolverhampton Casuals at the Coppice over the weekend to keep their play off push on track. It’s their 12th home win and The Gate will be looking to get in the play offs and take it from there over the next few weeks. A crowd of 46 supporters turned up to watch Highgate get their 18th win of the season. It was a team effort in front of goal with efforts from Aaron Brown, Liam Cairns, James Wilcock, Jake Collins, Tyree Sanusi and a brace from Ryan Harkin giving them a resounding win. It’s a brilliant result and a good way to bounce back from the loss at Darlaston last Thursday. The play offs are in Highgate’s hands with two games to go and if they win against Northwich Victoria and Bewdley Town away from home they’re in. It was a tough day at the office for Wolverhampton Casuals but when looking at the season overall it’s been a success with their future at step five confirmed for another season. Lichfield City 2-1 Studley Lichfield got a momentum building win against Studley at the weekend to finish off their season. They have gone throughout the whole league season without losing at home from 17 matches with 13 wins and four draws which is an excellent achievement. There going into the play offs in 2nd place which means they will be at home which is a huge plus. None the less, it can be a lottery and the teams below them have a lot of quality so it’s shaping up to be an even play off field and anything can happen in a one-off match. An excellent attendance of 234 supporters turned up to the Trade Tyre Community stadium to watch Lichfield get their 22nd league win of the season. Bailey Fuller scored early on for Studley before goals from Dan Smith and Joe Haines got the win for Lichfield City. It’s a good win from Lichfield who showed character to come back and win the match and respond to the mid-week loss away at Highgate United. The play off race is out of Studley’s hands and the Bees will have to rely on results going in their favour over the next week to make the play offs. The crucial fixture to look out for is Northwich Victoria v Highgate United on Tuesday evening. If the Vics beat Highgate, Studley would probably get in on goal difference. Northwich Victoria 7-0 Bewdley Town Northwich got a confidence boosting win against Bewdley Town at Booth Street on Saturday. It’s been a transitional season for the Vics at step five and there comfortably in mid table with a few games to go. A commendable crowd of 107 supporters watched Northwich get their sixth home win of the season. The main highlight was Callum Parker scoring four goals for the Vics in a resounding win over relegation strugglers Bewdley. Further goals from Sam Unwin who scored a brace and Eli Fisher made it 7-0 at the full-time whistle. The hosts have a fair bit to play for over their three remaining matches and could influence the play-off picture alongside climbing up the table. It was another tough day at the office for Bewdley Town who are playing for pride over the final week of the season. Similar to Northwich, they could have a big say on the play off race with home games against Stourport and Highgate coming up. If they could defy the odds and hold one of them to a draw it could have a huge say on the play offs. Romulus 0-0 Uttoxeter Town Romulus finished their spell at Castle Vale Stadium with a goalless draw against Uttoxeter Town watched by a decent crowd of 61 supporters. The Roms are comfortably in mid table with a game to go and are looking at the future. There’s been some positives and if they can keep players and build during the summer their capable of challenging next season. Uttoxeter are comfortably in mid table going into the final week of the season. It’s been an encouraging season from the visitors, and it will be interesting to see if they can build on it next season. The main aim was to establish themselves in step five which they have done comfortably. Tividale 0-2 Shifnal Town Shifnal got a good win at the Beeches against Tividale to put them in a strong position for a top half finish with two matches to go. The visitors are challenging to finish in the top half and are a point better off than AFC Wulfrunians in 10th. A decent crowd of 43 supporters turned up to watch Shifnal get their sixth away win of the season. Goals from Brandon Tanomjit and prolific forward Joe Ellis Cuff was enough to give the visitors the three points. There’s positives for Shifnal and there building a squad that is capable of challenging next season with a good amount of attacking quality up front. Tividale have got one match remaining which is against league champions Congleton on Tuesday evening to round off their season. It’s been a transitional campaign under new manager Stuart How and there’s been some positives to build on. They should take confidence from the FA Vase run and taking points off the likes of Highgate United. Stone Old Alleynians 3-4 Stourport Swifts Stourport got a crucial win against Stone Old Alleynians at Evans Park on Saturday evening to put them in a strong position for the play offs with two matches to go. If they can win against Bewdley Town on Tuesday, they will be competing in a semi final in a few weeks’ time. The Swifts took a 2-0 lead going into half time thanks to an own goal and an effort by Aaron Birch. Stone Old Alleynians responded in the second half and managed to get it back to 2-2 before the visitors retook the lead through Jamie Meddows. In a thrilling match the hosts got it back to 3-3 which would have dented Stourport’s play off hopes before they got the win a few minutes before full time. A corner by Martin Slevin went directly in at the far post for a huge three points for the Swifts. It puts them in a strong position to be in the play offs and as long as they beat Bewdley there in. The goals from Stone Old Alleynians came from a brace from Jack Bowater and a solo effort by Charlie Batho in an action-packed game. Full credit to the hosts for making it one of the matches of the weekend in the MFL. Regardless of the result, it’s been a good season for Stone Old Alleynians who have stayed up and established themselves at step five. They could still have a big say on the play off picture with a home game against Darlaston Town on Tuesday which could decide who finishes in the top three. Round up feature written by Rhys Beardmore for the Midland Football League |
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