Milford went at the Hednesford defence direct from the kick off, which resulted in a corner almost immediately, this was well defended by Gemma Bailey who then produced a fantastic through ball to Molly Jowett who in turn slid in Naomi Aston who was denied by a last ditch tackle. The opening goal soon arrived when Ria Elsmore picked out Jowett, who found Managers player of the match Naomi Aston who gave Town the lead.

Milford defended superbly to thwart the Hednesford attacks and they drew themselves level from a penalty despite the best efforts of Hollie Nelson who initially made an excellent stop only to see the ball trickle into the corner.

Further chances came and went for Hednesford and after 27 minutes they restored their lead when excellent following up by Molly Joe Johnson saw her prod home from close range following another fine save from the Milford goalkeeper. Kiera Morgan and Bailey were outstanding at the back to cut out the Milford attack and with five minutes remaining Opposition player of the match Elsmore smashed home a free kick from outside the box to seal the victory.

 

Hednesford Town returned to action after an extended break and despite dominating throughout credit should also go to Penkridge whose determined defending thwarted Hednesford until they finally found a way through in the 17th minute when opposition player of the match Naomi Aston fired home from close range after good work from Gemma Bailey.


The second half was much better with Town's slick passing opening up the juniors defence at will and managers man of the match Eve Hilditch extended the lead. Molly Jowett was flattened in the area but to everyone's amazement no penalty was awarded, but this was soon forgotten as she tapped in from close range after good work by Aston. Hollie Nelson soon saved brilliantly at her near post following a Penkridge free kick for her own real action of the game. Aston completed the scoring with her hattrick goal near the end and she should of had four as she rolled her easiest chance of the lot agonisingly wide .

 

 
Hednesford produced some outstanding football, with some loevely passing throughout the game. Molly Jowett opened the scoring with her first of two goals. Opposition player of the match Naomi Aston went into the second half scoring her first of four goals.
Penkridge never gave up and kept Molly Joe and Megan W busy in midfield. Megan E and Gemma both played well in defence giving keeper Holly a fairly quiet game. Town carried on to dominate the game and a superb pass by Naomi to managers player Megan W gave her a well earned goal.

 

 
This was a close fought game between the top two teams in the division and was certainly a good advert for girls football. Hednesford had the netter of the first half with Kiera Morgan and Naomi Aston both coming close, while a last ditch tackle almost resulted in an own goal from a Burntwood player.

 

The second half saw Hednesford come under pressure with Gemma Bailey, Megan Ellis and Holly Nelson all needing to bee at their best. The whole Hednesford side were given managers player of the match for their team efforts.

 

 
Hednesford were kept on their toes this week with both teams wanting the points. Manager’s player of the match Gemma Bailey and Kiera Morgan were kept busy in defence as the Chasetown attack battled on; Holly Nelson was kept on guard but had a fairly quiet day. Megan Ellis, opponents player of the match Meg Weldon and Naomi Aston all battled in midfield. Aston had several attempts at goal but just could not find the back of the net. In the second half Town almost had a goal when Molly Jowett had a long range shot but it just skimmed the post.

 

 

Hednesford best chance to score came in the second half with a well taken corner by Jess played short to Ellie who, unable to find Hannah, turned it in well but could not get it past the solid Starland defence.

Emily and Annie played well in midfield backed by Jess and Ellie, solid and reliable as ever. Naomi and Hannah had a few chances in the first half but lacked the pace to score. Amy came on in the second half with the determination and fight she had recently lost. A thoroughly entertaining game enjoyed by both sets of supporters. Women of the match went to Georgia Clarke.

 

Dave Galvin, manager of Hednesford Town U11’s would like to thank the team for all their great work in the game against Aldridge with the score ending 7-0 to Town. The Pitmen goals came from Reece, Bradley, Kye and Conner with the whole team being outstanding. A big thanks to all the players, Sam P, Sam R , Jamie, Louie, Shane, Jordan, Conner w, Conner s, Kye, Brad, Jack, Callum, Tyler, Dior, and a special thanks to the captain Reece Darby.

 

Hednesford Town and Burntwood Phoenix battled out a goalless draw to take a share of the points in an eventful game with some excellent attacking play and resilient defending. Hednesford were always a threat with Naomi Aston terrorising the Phoenix defence with some driving runs. Megan Ellis & Molly Johnson both went close from corners but were thwarted by some last ditch defending.
Hednesford Town came out all guns blazing in the 2nd half and struck the woodwork following some determined play from Molly Jowett, Megan Weldon came on and caused several problems to the phoenix rearguard, but the ball just wouldn’t seem to drop.

 
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