Swifts 100 Club Draw - September Result
1ST - £250 – Ball no. - DAVE MITCHAM
2ND - £150 – Ball no. - SUE BATES
3RD - £50 – Ball no. - RICHARD LEES
Swifts make it two in a row
Stourport Swifts 2 Romulus 1 MPL Sat 5th October Att: 130
Two goals in five second half minutes were enough to give Stourport swifts their second consecutive win.
In a scrappy first half, goalmouth action was limited to a chance apiece, Connor Deards seeing his shot saved by Romulus keeper Lewis Gwilliams, and Chris Uwabor headed wide from Rob Hanna’s cross.
After the break Swifts showed a lot more purpose, and Kai Adams turned inside to fire a fierce drive in on goal which Gwilliams did well to parry, and Ethan Hanson headed wide from a Darryl Knights corner from close range.
At the other end, only a well timed challenge from Ash Jackson prevented Reece Nunn from scoring, and the Swifts had a lucky escape when Isai Marselia’s curling shot came back off Richard’s right hand post.
Drew Canavan tested Gwilliams with a 25 yard effort, then Knights fired in a low effort which the keeper blocked, but he then slide the rebound wide.
Stourport went in front in the 71st minute when Knights’ low cross was turn in by Connor Deards, and doubled their lead five minutes later when Matt Harland played Deards in behind the Romulus defence, who then found kai Adams at the far post to drive in.Swifts almost added a third minutes later when clever flick set up Adams, who blasted wastefully over the bar.
Romulus set up a nervous finish for the Swifts with minutes remaining when Marselia raced through to coolly slot past Richards.
SWIFTS: Richards, Jackson, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Jim Hanson, Adams, Harland, Canavan, Edwards, Deards, Knights. SUBS USED: Baker, Joe Hanson
Swifts hang on for win
Dudley Town 1 Stourport Swifts 2 MPL 1st October Att: 92
Keeper Dom Richards produced more heroics as Stourport Swifts edged Dudley Town in an end to end thriller.
Debut striker Connor Deards struck the Dudley bar in the 14th minute, then Richards flew to his left to keep out a fierce drive from Conner Armstrong. Jordan Davies then hit the post, drew Canavan blasted over the top then Deards tested Dudley keeper Alex Graham.
Despite all the goalmouth action, the first half remained a goal free zone, and Dudley began the second half with some menace, Armstrong giving Richards a scare with a 30 yarder which flashed over the top, then Davies forced the Swifts keeper to a reaction save from eight yards out.
Swifts took the lead on the hour when Graham failed to collect a Deards effort cleanly, and Darryl Knights pounced to force in from close range despite Graham’s desperate attempts to redeem the situation. The lead however only lasted six minutes, when Chandler Pegg drilled a low angled shot past Richards from ten yards after the Swifts twice failed to clear.
Stourport were back in front after 73 minutes when following some good play on the right from Joe Hanson, George Baker crossed for Deards to rise and thump a smart header past Graham in of the far post.
Dudley threw everything forward to try and level the score, with the Swifts goal seemingly leading a charmed life with corner after corner being repelled, Richards twice saving well under pressure and Armstrong and Davies both firing wide after some chaotic scrambles in the Swifts box as the clock ticked down.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Jim Hanson, Harland, Canavan, Edwards, Deards, Knights, Baker. SUBS USED: Adams, Jackson, Diallo, Johnson, Jevons
Richards saves Swifts a point
Atherstone Town 2 Stourport Swifts 2 MPL Sat 28th September Att: 249
Swifts keeper Dom Richards came to the rescue as Stourport Swifts survived a first half battering then came back from two goals down to snatch a valuable point at Atherstone.
Manager Ben Jevons made four changes to last weeks defeat against Whitchurch, and Atherstone flew out of the blocks with a wave of pressure as the new look Swifts side tried to bed in. Lewis Collins opened up a hesitant Swifts back line in the 7th minute and Toby Nicholl saw his near post flick shave the post. Richards saw the start of a busy afternoon two minutes later when he flung himself to his left to keep out a snapshot from Ryan Harkin. After 14 minutes Swifts almost took the lead themselves when Kai Adams broke through and his shot, parried well by keeper Finn Osborn, almost trickled in at the far post before being cleared.
Collins then shot wide after another Atherstone chance, and Matt Harland cleared off the line from a header by Atherstone skipper Connor Gudger. Nicholl then headed over from a Toby Steele cross as Stourport came under pressure again, and Richards produced a spectacular double save first from a fierce volley from Collins, then an amazing point blank stop from Chris Cowley’s follow up. Harkin then passed up a gilt edged chance to give his side the lead, but shot wide when clean through, and Ben Jevons’ header denied Harkin four minutes later as he was about head in from close range.
Atherstone’s breakthrough came six minutes into the second half when Harkin played Collins in behind the Swifts defence and he cooly shot past the advancing Richards. The Swifts keeper then denied Collins a second goal with a flying save to his right, but could do nothing to prevent the home side taking aa 2-0 lead after 57 minutes when Lewis Noone crossed from left and Harkin planted a firm header home from 6 yards.
Richards performed heroics again in the 74th minute when Drew Canavan miscued his pass to leave Harkin through on goal, but the keeper saved well at his feet.
The Swifts were thrown a lifeline with ten minutes to go when Josh Steel brough down Canavan in the box and Darryl Knights blasted the spot kick into the top corner. For the first time in the match the visitors looked a threat, and with two minutes on clock, some sharp link up play between Harland, Knights, Edwards and Jim Hanson set up Nat Hewett who fired a dipping 30 yarder over Osborn to snatch a point
SWIFTS: Richards, Jackson, Matt Hanson, Ethan Hanson, Cooper, Adams, Harland, Canavan, Jim Hanson, Birch, Knights. SUBS USED: Jevons, Hewett, Edwards
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