Swifts bounce back

 Bradford Town 0  Stourport Swifts 4   HPL  5^th September 2026

Stourport Swifts brushed aside their Bank Holiday battering at Droitwich with an impressive performance at Bradford to earn a welcome three points.

Manager James Keller introduced three new signings to add a spark to last week’s display and the Swifts showed all the qualities that were missing against Droitwich.

After 16 minutes Nathan Bowen was played clear behind the Bradford defence but keeper Tom Roberts block with his legs. Four minutes later Swifts were in front when Luke Benbow shrugged off the attentions of defender Jaidon Pearce to turn sharply and blast his side ahead.

Bradford saw their penalty appeal turned down when  it seemed  Tom Mack was bundled over in the box after a clash with Josh Murtagh, and just a minute later Bowen increased the Swifts lead after a neat interchange between Benbow and Connor Mooney gave him a close range tap in.

Four minutes into the second half Adam Willis headed a Swifts third at the far post from Mooney’s right wing corner, then Joe Hanson though he had scored a fourth but was ruled offside.

Swifts even had the luxury of missing a penalty when Benbow’s spot kick was saved by Roberts, and both Benbow and Dieter Schwarm failed to convert the rebound.

Khalil Toure added the fourth in injury time when he did well to hold off the challenge of defender Adepitan and drive  low past Roberts

SWIFTS: Murtagh, Cox, Joe Hanson, Hull, Watts, Willis, Harland, Schwarm, Bowen, Benbow, Mooney, .   SUBS USED: Allwood, Minaker, Monaghan, Peers, Toure

Droitwich run riot in holiday route

 Droitwich Spa 7 Stourport Swifts 2   HPL  31st August 2026

Stourport Swifts suffered a Bank Holiday battering at the hands of neighbours Droitwich on Monday.

Those in the 200 plus crowd who came expecting a competitive local derby match were sadly disappointed as the Swifts simply failed to show up, and were outrun and outfought all over the park for most of the 90 minutes.

Nathan Binner fired Droitwich ahead with a 30 yard free kick after 10 minutes, and two minutes later Perry Moss made it 2-0. In a rare moment of quality Bruce Minaker pulled a goal back for the Swifts with a long range lob over Droitwich keeper Dom Rogerson, but in their very next attack James Lemon restored the two goal advantage with a neat finish, Charlie Mcnamara then produced two outstanding saves to deny Alex Dugmore  from close range to keep the scoreline respectable at the break.

The introduction of Kai Adams at half time gave the Swifts more of a cutting edge, with Jim Hanson heading wide from Erik Savkin’s cross before full back Dan Cox blasted an unstoppable 35 yard effort past Rogerson into the top corner.

Once again however, the joy was shortlived, with Binner netting his second just 3 minutes later, and in the 70^th minute Dugmore rose unchallenged to plant a firm header past Mcnamara to make it 5-1.

With the Swifts defence seemingly downing tools for the last 20 minutes, Sam Carey turned in from close range after Mcnamara parried a long range free kick from Moss, and sub Hubert Zitorski completed a miserable afternoon for the Swifts with 2 minutes to go.

SWIFTS: Mcnamara, Cox, Schwarm, Hull, Cooper, Willis, Harland, Jim Hanson,  Minaker, Mooney, Savkin.   SUBS USED: Mills-Andoh, Adams, Peer, Bowen, Nicklin

Swifts can’t break through

 Stourport Swifts 1  Highworth Town 1    HPL  22nd August 2026

Ten man Highworth held out for the entire second half of this match to snatch a point at Walshes Meadow on Saturday.

Highworth went in front after 35 minutes with their first serious attack when Marcel Lewis opened up the Swifts defence for Cheldon Valere to score with a low shot past Charlie Mcnamara’s left hand. Connor Mooney and Joe Hull had both gone close for Stourport, and Bruce Minaker fired narrowly wide after being put through by Matt Harland.

Defender Matt Cheetham received his second yellow card on the stroke of half time, and the Swifts laid siege to the Highworth goal from the restart.

Mooney crossed from the left and Minaker was inches wide with his header, then Joe Hull headed over the top from Mooney’s corner. Dieter Schwarm then saw his fierce long range effort parried by James Smallcombe in the Highworth goal, and the rebound was scramble clear.

Swifts were level in the 55^th minute, when following another Mooney corner, Jim Hanson’s low effort was deflected in.

A Swifts winner looked inevitable, but although Mooney, Schwarm and Erik Savkin all gave Smallcombe a busy last half hour, Highworth held on to take a battling point.

SWIFTS: Mcnamara, Cox, Schwarm, Hull, Cooper, Nicklin, Harland, Jim Hanson,  Minaker, Mooney, Savkin.   SUBS USED: Toure, Moseley, Willis, Peer, Bowen