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Midland Football League

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13th December 2017

League News

WORCESTER City has published proposals for a new stadium at Parsonage Way with scope for expansion up to

National League standard.

The club’s vision begins with a 1,300 capacity ground that satisfies the Football Association’s D grade, meaning City

could get promoted to and remain in the division above their current Midland League Premier Division status.

A four-stage plan has been laid out for an eventual capacity of up to 5,000 within the boundary of the initial site.

Alongside the stadium, there is a training pitch with a pledge to make it available for community use

alongside changing facilities and indoor space. The public has been invited to suggest how this is shaped.

Warndon Parish Council Chairman Ray Morris expressed concerns about access and parking which City plan to head

off through a reciprocal arrangement with Worcester Warriors approximately one mile down the road.

City’s facility would begin with 90 parking spaces with the potential to increase to 350 by the final stage. On parking

and access, the published plans state: “The highways infrastructure will be put in place to serve the capacity of the

final category (grade) A sized ground with new junctions on Parsonage Way providing dedicated in and out access

which will be carefully designed to deal with the projected amount of vehicles.

“Our highways consultant Systra is in pre-planning application discussion with Worcestershire County Council and

Highways England and are carrying out extensive survey work to ensure the ground does not get developed to the

detriment of local infrastructure. “The category (grade) A ground will cater for circa 350 parking spaces. Each phase

will be designed to council guidelines. “In addition, the club will be utilising park and ride us services on match days

from the city centre, County Hall and Sixways. During match days at Sixways, WRFC (Worcester Warriors) will be

offering a park and ride from the new ground to ease parking on rugby home games.”

Included is a letter from Warriors which acknowledges initial discussions regarding shared parking facilities but

makes clear no agreement has been rubber stamped.

Article courtesy of the Worcester News

Review

Premier Division

In the only game to survive the weather on Saturday, Quorn started life under new manager Carl Abbott with a 1-0

win over Haughmond at Farley Way, Ryan Seal with the only goal of the game.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Sporting Khalsa 20 12 6 2 47 22 25 42

2 Coleshill Town 19 13 3 3 45 23 22 42

3 Bromsgrove Sporting 18 13 2 3 41 19 22 41

4 Worcester City 17 10 4 3 44 19 25 34

5 Coventry Sphinx 17 10 3 4 35 24 11 33

6 Coventry United 17 9 3 5 39 25 14 30

7 Highgate United 16 9 3 4 27 19 8 30

8 Shepshed Dynamo 17 8 3 6 41 26 15 27

9 Heanor Town 18 8 3 7 29 29 0 27

10 AFC Wulfrunians 19 9 0 10 25 38 -13 27

11 Westfields 15 8 2 5 39 25 14 26

12 Rugby Town 17 7 4 6 26 21 5 25

13 Loughborough University 18 7 3 8 27 32 -5 24

14 Stourport Swifts 16 7 2 7 31 36 -5 23

15 Lye Town 19 5 6 8 18 25 -7 21

16 Long Eaton United 18 6 3 9 23 38 -15 21

17 Haughmond 19 3 4 12 23 38 -15 13

18 Rocester 16 3 4 9 26 42 -16 13

19 South Normanton Athletic 19 3 4 12 20 40 -20 13

20 Boldmere St Michaels 17 3 3 11 24 46 -22 12

21 Quorn 18 3 3 12 20 50 -30 12

22 Shawbury United 16 2 2 12 22 35 -13 8

Division 1

Leicester Road maintain top position following a 2-0 win over Bolehall Swifts. In the game between 3rd and 4th at

The New Manor Ground, it was Ilkeston Town who took the honours with a 3-2 win over Walsall Wood. The visitors

twice held the lead, but a Montel Gibson double saw The Robins continue their fine winning run. Hinckley AFC beat

Nuneaton Griff 2-1 in the local derby at The Pingles with the winner coming from Steve Hart 3 minutes into added

time at the end of the game. Littleton were another side to get a last-minute winner, 2-1 at home to Atherstone

Town.

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Leicester Road 21 15 3 3 46 23 23 48

2 Ilkeston Town 21 14 3 4 53 22 31 45

3 Studley 19 13 4 2 38 19 19 43

4 Hinckley AFC 19 13 2 4 62 30 32 41

5 Walsall Wood 17 13 1 3 58 15 43 40

6 Atherstone Town 18 12 3 3 49 24 25 39

7 Racing Club Warwick 16 10 3 3 38 20 18 33

8 Littleton 18 10 1 7 39 25 14 31

9 Coventry Copsewood 19 10 1 8 33 35 -2 31

10 Heather St Johns 18 8 3 7 50 37 13 27

11 Lichfield City 18 7 5 6 37 35 2 26

12 Chelmsley Town 20 7 2 11 27 47 -20 23

13 Paget Rangers 19 6 4 9 31 40 -9 22

14 Heath Hayes 18 5 6 7 50 47 3 21

15 Uttoxeter Town 22 6 3 13 36 52 -16 21

16 Bolehall Swifts 21 6 2 13 23 53 -30 20

17 Pershore Town 20 5 4 11 31 43 -12 19

18 Cadbury Athletic 19 4 6 9 28 37 -9 18

19 Stafford Town 21 5 0 16 27 47 -20 15

20 Nuneaton Griff 20 3 5 12 15 47 -32 14

21 Brocton 17 3 4 10 23 37 -14 13

22 Coventry Alvis 21 3 1 17 11 70 -59 10

Division 2

All games postponed

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 NKF Burbage 13 10 2 1 34 14 20 32

2 Montpellier 15 9 2 4 43 22 21 29

3 Hampton 14 9 2 3 30 24 6 29

4 Smithswood Firs 10 7 1 2 30 14 16 22

5 Northfield Town 14 6 4 4 22 16 6 22

6 Knowle 14 7 1 6 30 26 4 22

7 Feckenham 13 7 1 5 25 26 -1 22

8 Earlswood Town 13 4 4 5 20 23 -3 16

9 Moors Academy 10 3 4 3 16 22 -6 13

10 Fairfield Villa 13 3 3 7 20 28 -8 12

11 Coton Green 10 2 5 3 17 16 1 11

12 Redditch Borough 11 3 2 6 18 23 -5 11

13 Droitwich Spa 11 3 2 6 15 20 -5 11

14 Bloxwich Town 15 3 2 10 23 37 -14 11

15 Barnt Green Spartak 11 1 4 6 14 28 -14 7

16 Pelsall Villa 11 0 5 6 11 29 -18 5

Division 3

All games postponed

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 GNP Sports 10 10 0 0 45 9 36 30

2 Bartestree 13 8 1 4 33 20 13 25

3 Shipston Excelsior 13 7 1 5 36 33 3 22

4 Alcester Town 11 6 2 3 31 16 15 20

5 AFC Solihull 13 6 2 5 33 25 8 20

6 FC Stratford 8 6 1 1 45 6 39 19

7 Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 11 6 0 5 23 21 2 18

8 Central Ajax 8 4 4 0 17 10 7 16

9 Birmingham Tigers 10 5 1 4 25 25 0 16

10 CT Shush 11 3 5 3 18 15 3 14

11 Inkberrow 10 3 3 4 27 21 6 12

12 Coventrians 11 3 2 6 22 27 -5 11

13 Enville Athletic 12 2 4 6 13 23 -10 10

14 Continental Star 11 3 0 8 14 39 -25 9

15 Castle Vale Town 13 1 2 10 11 55 -44 5

16 Leamington Hibernian 13 1 2 10 12 60 -48 5

Polymac Packaging League Cup

Other Cups

Reserves

All games postponed

POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Alvechurch Reserves 9 7 0 2 23 9 14 21

2 Gresley Reserves 7 4 2 1 24 13 11 14

3 Nuneaton Griff Reserves 7 4 1 2 12 14 -2 13

4 Coton Green Reserves 5 4 0 1 12 5 7 12

5 Cadbury Athletic Reserves 8 3 0 5 18 15 3 9

6 Bolehall Swifts Reserves 6 2 1 3 14 21 -7 7

7 Knowle Reserves 6 2 0 4 7 12 -5 6

8 Bromsgrove Sporting

Reserves 8 1 1 6 7 17 -10 4

9 Lichfield City Reserves 4 0 1 3 4 15 -11 1

Under 21 Division

UNDER 21 DIVISION EAST

FCV Reds 2 v 2 Quorn

POS P W D L F A GD PTS POS P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Bedworth United U21 13 10 2 1 34 15 19 31 * 1 Worcester City U21 13 9 2 2 51 15 36 29

2 Tamworth U21 11 9 2 0 41 6 35 29 2 Boldmere St

Michaels U21 14 8 2 4 45 28 17 26

3 FCV Reds U21 13 7 2 4 35 22 13 23 3 Evesham United U21 12 6 3 3 28 15 13 21

4 Milton Keynes College U21 13 6 3 4 26 18 8 21 4 Heath Hayes U21 12 5 4 3 33 29 4 19

5 Coleshill Town U21 12 5 4 3 26 18 8 19 5 Rushall Olympic U21 11 6 0 5 20 20 0 18

6 Coventry United U21 10 5 2 3 31 12 19 17 6 H.O.W. Academy

U21 14 5 2 7 29 32 -3 17

7 Leicester Nirvana U21 13 5 2 6 22 31 -9 17 7 Wychall Wanderers

U21 14 4 4 6 31 54 -23 16

8 Aylestone Park U21 13 5 1 7 26 29 -3 16 8 Brocton U21 8 5 0 3 21 17 4 15

9 Quorn U21 15 4 4 7 22 26 -4 16 9 Sutton Coldfield

Town U21 10 4 4 2 23 20 3 15 *

10 Kettering Town U21 12 3 1 8 17 30 -13 10 10 Continental Star U21 11 4 2 5 27 28 -1 14

11 Atherstone Town U21 12 3 0 9 19 50 -31 9 11 Highgate United U21 11 3 1 7 22 35 -13 10

12 AFC Rushden & Diamonds

Elite U21 11 0 1 10 4 46 -42 1 12 AFC Redditch U21 12 3 1 8 21 33 -12 7 *

13 Droitwich Spa BG

U21 12 1 3 8 13 38 -25 6

Leading scorers

Premier Division

Marco Adaggio Highgate United 19

Kyle Brady AFC Wulfrunians, Sporting Khalsa 17

Shay Brennan Shepshed Dynamo 17

Steve Hole Haughmond 16

Aaron Lloyd Stourport Swifts 16

David Meese Sporting Khalsa 16

Jordan Nadat Coleshill Town 16

Lei Brown Highgate United 15

Ryan Harkin Coventry Sphinx 15

Ryan Nesbitt Boldmere St Michaels 15

Dave Reynolds Worcester City 15

Elliott Reeves Heanor Town 14

Reuben Wiggins-Thomas Rugby Town 14

Joe Boachie Loughborough University 13

Jason Cowley Bromsgrove Sporting 13

David Kolodynski Rugby Town 13

Martin Smyth Rocester 13

Robbie Bunn Bromsgrove Sporting 12

Nick MacPherson Stourport Swifts 12

Dean Rathbone Coleshill Town 12

Liam Hurst Shepshed Dynamo 11

Mitch Piggon Coventry United 11

Lewis Rankin Coventry United 11

Craig Reid Coventry United 11

Jack Till Lye Town 11

Division 1

Simeon Cobourne Heather St Johns 30

Alex Naughton Atherstone Town 28

Daniel Carter Littleton 26

Paul Sullivan Walsall Wood 25

Regan Smith Heath Hayes 21

Steve Hart Hinckley AFC 20

Alex Marshall Ilkeston Town 17

Greg Downes Leicester Road 16

Tony Clarke Walsall Wood 15

George Bowerman Hinckley AFC 14

Shane Benjamin Heather St Johns 14

Daniel Carter Paget Rangers 13

Odane Barnes Cadbury Athletic 12

Kyle Esplin Uttoxeter Town 12

Joe Hartshorne Brocton 12

Andy Nicol Studley 12

Sam Agar Hinckley, Uttoxeter Town, Walsall Wood 10

Joey Butlin Walsall Wood 10

Montel Gibson Ilkeston Town 10

Nuno Gomes Leicester Road 10

Dan Griffiths Lichfield City 10

Sean Kavanagh Racing Club Warwick 10

Paul McMahon Brocton 10

Michael Wright Pershore Town / Littleton 10

Dave Yonwin Heather St Johns 10

Luke Cole Racing Club Warwick 9

Montel Gibson Ilkeston Town 9

Matt Langham Leicester Road 9

Ryan Pace Coventry Alvis/Stafford Town 9

Division 2

Stuart Hendrie Montpellier 20

Trea Bertie Smithswood Firs 17

Martin Crawford Smithswood Firs 16

Jess Adcock NKF Burbage 15

Tom Smith NKF Burbage 14

Steve Ruck Knowle 13

Dominic Strevens Barnt Green Spartak 10

Ryan Walker Hampton 10

Callum Coyle Moors Academy 9

Chris Lloyd Smithswood Firs 9

Daniel Pitt Fairfield Villa 9

Ashanti Price Moors Academy 9

Nick Seabourne Droitwich Spa 9

Alex Coultas NKF Burbage 8

Adam Garmson Northfield Town 8

Adam Goodby Coton Green 8

James Lemon Droitwich Spa 8

Sam Melia Bloxwich Town 8

Daniel Murphy Feckenham 8

Ainsley Seivwright Hampton 8

Cameron Seivwright Hampton 8

Ryan Andrews Moors Academy 7

Umit Eminoglu Feckenham 7

Andrew Millan Coton Green 7

Cameron Moriarty Bloxwich Town 7

Division 3

Nathan Davies Inkberrow 18

James Gifford FC Stratford 17

Reece Gibson Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 13

Jimmy Ward Alcester Town 13

Dylan Parker FC Stratford 12

James Drinkwater Shipston Excelsior 11

Louis Mann Bartestree 10

Tom Rawlings GNP Sports 10

Leigh Phillips GNP Sports 9

Younes Touaiti Birmingham Tigers 9

Charlie Cook GNP Sports 8

Ellis Kalach Alcester Town 8

Andy Matthews AFC Solihull 8

Marc Avery Bartestree 7

Abdullah Kenewa Birmingham Tigers 7

Daniel Stokes FC Stratford 7

Ashley Wilkes FC Stratford 7

William Beach Alcester Town 6

Lewis Chester Coventrians 6

James Clarke Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 6

Thomas Cuppleditch Coventrians 6

Tyler Haddow Coventrians 6

Jake Harris Shipston Excelsior 6

Ben Hill FC Stratford 6

Ishak Ibisevic Birmingham Tigers 6

Matthew Lewis Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 6

Jake Montgomery Central Ajax 6

Tom Parnaby FC Stratford 6

Jack Shields AFC Solihull 6

Reserves

Dean Fisher Alvechurch 13

Kane Lee Gresley 11

Sam Hammerton Gresley 10

Liam Arrowsmith Coton Green 8

Ethan Hanks Alvechurch 7

Josh Dutton Gresley 6

Chris Hughes-Tranter Cadbury Athletic 6

Jarrell Hylton Cadbury Athletic 6

Chad Barrett Cadbury Athletic 5

McKlane Durdey Gresley 5

Daniel Lawrence Alvechurch 5

Chanda Mulenga Nuneaton Griff 5

Elliot Nash Alvechurch 5

Lewis Brade Alvechurch 4

Zakim Evans Gresley 4

Harry Landsowne Gresley 4

Ryan Lloyd Bolehall Swifts 4

Corey Virgo-Broom Alvechurch 4

Liam Wickett Bolehall Swifts 4

Marco Wilson Gresley 4

Under 21

Joel Steer Tamworth 19

Ewan Dunbar Evesham United 16

Liam Lockett Worcester City 13

Bailey Fuller H.O.W. Academy 12

Ryan Palmer Coventry United 12

Sam Jeeves Boldmere St Michaels 11

Praise Anyanegbu Highgate United 9

Alex Knight Tamworth 9

Samuel Major-Beddoes Evesham United 9

Jordan McKenzie AFC Redditch 9

Joseph Shirley Heath Hayes 9

Riley Keasey Worcester City 8

David King-Marstaller Milton Keynes College 8

Lewis Ludford Coventry United 8

Andre Lawrence Sutton Coldfield Town 7

Sam McGonaghy Wychall Wanderers 7

Declan McMahon Brocton 7

Aidan Moseley Sutton Coldfield Town 7

Khalid Rahim FCV Reds 7

Jordan Thompson Continental Star 7

Preview

Premier Division

Game of the day sees the top two meeting at the CKW Stadium. Sporting Khalsa welcome Coleshill Town to their

temporary home and a terrific encounter is in store between two excellent sides. 3rd placed Bromsgrove Sporting

travel the sort journey to Lye Town who are gradually being sucked into the relegation battle. 4th placed Worcester

City welcome bottom club Shawbury United to The Victoria Ground and they will need no reminding that Shawbury

won the reverse fixture in Ludlow. Coventry Sphinx are on an excellent run of wins and they travel to Grange Park

to face Long Eaton United who appear to have turned the corner with a new management team at the helm. There

is a big game at The Butts Park Arena with 6th placed Coventry United hosting 7th placed Highgate United, both sides

confident that they can get in the promotion mix. 2nd bottom Quorn picked up all three points last week in new

manager Carl Abbott’s first game in charge. They welcome Westfields to Farley Way with the visitors having 5 games

in hand on the leaders. Heanor Town host Loughborough University, three weeks after The Students won the

reverse fixture 3-1. Rocester sit just above the relegation zone but they are unbeaten in three and they welcome

Shepshed Dynamo to Hillsfield. Two more sides just outside the relegation zone meet at the MJ Robinson Structures

Arena with South Normanton Athletic hosting Haughmond, three weeks after they shared a 1-1 draw at The Village.

3rd bottom Boldmere St Michaels travel to Butlin Road to face mid-table Rugby Town. Stourport Swifts welcome

AFC Wulfrunians to Walshes Meadow and with both sides recording some excellent results this season, this could be

tight.

Division 1

The big games at the top of the table keep coming thick and fast and a week after a trip to Ilkeston Town, Walsall

Wood, now in 5th place, welcome leaders Leicester Road to the ML Safety Stadium. The Road won the reverse

fixture and are on a run of 7 straight league victories. 2nd placed Ilkeston Town have an even better record, winning

the last 9 league games and they take this run of form to the TSA Stadium to face Cadbury Athletic. 3rd placed

Studley travel to Green Lane to face bottom club Coventry Alvis, who are 3 points adrift. 4th placed Hinckley AFC

have won their last seven which includes two games in the FA Vase and they welcome another in-form side, Racing

Club Warwick, to St John’s Park. 6th placed Atherstone Town slipped to a defeat last weekend and they will want to

get back on the winning trail when Uttoxeter Town visit the Mark Webster Community Stadium. 2nd bottom,

Brocton travel to Pack Meadow to face mid-table Chelmsley Town with the Badgers without a win in seven. Stafford

Town are two points clear of the relegation zone and welcome free-scoring Heather St Johns to Evans Park. There is

a local derby at the McDonalds Community Stadium with Lichfield City playing host to Heath Hayes, a game that

promises much. Littleton are in fine form and they travel to The Trevor Brown Memorial Ground to face Paget

Rangers. Pershore Town entertain Bolehall Swifts with both sides at the wrong end of the table.

Division 2

Leaders NKF Burbage host mid-table Earlswood Town with their lead cut to just three points. 2nd placed Montpellier

welcome bottom club Pelsall Villa to The Beehive. The reverse fixture at the beginning of November ended in a

goalless draw. 3rd placed Hampton travel to Bloxwich Town who have made a habit of upsetting the leading sides

this season, particularly at The Red Lion Ground. Feckenham welcome Droitwich Spa to The Entaco with an eye

firmly on the top four. Knowle are another side chasing a top four place and they travel to Redditch Borough who sit

in 12th place. It’s 9th versus 10th at Tally Ho! as Moors Academy entertain Fairfield Villa.

Division 3

Two in-form sides meet at Tudor Grange Leisure Centre with AFC Solihull at home to Birmingham Tigers. 2nd placed

Bartestree can close the gap to a couple of points if they can take all three points off visiting Inkberrow. 3rd placed

Shipston Excelsior travel to 10th placed CT Shush, a win for the visitors closing the gap on the leaders. At the bottom

of the table 13th placed Enville Athletic welcome 15th placed Castle Vale Town to Hall Drive, 12th placed Coventrians

host bottom club Leamington Hibernian with an opportunity to climb the table. 14th placed Continental Star travel

to Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons with a four-point cushion to the bottom two.

Challenge Vase Semi-Final

GNP Sports, the Division 3 leaders, host FC Stratford, their main challengers, for a place in the final of the Challenge

Vase. Stratford have picked up only one point from their last two league games after starting with 6 straight wins.

GNP are sitting pretty with ten wins out of ten. Form says a home win, but this is a semi-final between two well

matched sides. Should be a great advert for the competition.

Other Fixtures

BIRMINGHAM VASE ROUND 3

Central Ajax v Whitnash Town 2.00

Copsewood (Coventry) v Smithswood Firs 2.00

Northfield Town v Coventry Colliery 2.00

Old Wulfrunians v Coton Green 2.00

Triumph Athletic v Barnt Green Spartak 2.00

COVENTRY EVENING TELEGRAPH CUP ROUND 3

Nuneaton Griff v Christ the King 3.00

Reserves

CHALLENGE TROPHY ROUND 1

Group "A"

Bolehall Swifts v Gresley 3.00

Coton Green v Nuneaton Griff 3.00

Group "B"

Alvechurch v Cadbury Athletic 2.00

RESERVE DIVISION

Bromsgrove Sporting v Lichfield City 2.00

Under 21 Divisions

UNDER 21 DIVISION EAST

Aylestone Park v Quorn 10.30

Bedworth United v FCV Reds 11.00

Coleshill Town v Coventry United 10.30

Kettering Town v Tamworth 10.30

Leicester Nirvana v Atherstone Town 11.00

Milton Keynes College v AFC Rushden & Diamonds Elite 10.30

UNDER 21 DIVISION WEST

Brocton v H O W Academy 10.30

Continental Star v Boldmere St Michaels 10.30

Evesham United v Droitwich Spa G & B 10.30

Heath Hayes v AFC Redditch 10.30

Highgate United v Rushall Olympic 10.30

Sutton Coldfield Town v Worcester City 10.30