Stafford Town 1 AFC Wulfrunians 2
West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
At: Evans Park
Kick-off: 7-45 pm
Admission: £4; Programme: £1 (28 pages)
Mileage: 6.8 miles (via ASDA on the way home)
Weather: mild, dry
Attendance: 60 (headcount)
Duration: first-half: 47:51; second-half: 50:12
League leaders and likely champions AFC Wulfrunians came from behind to deny Town a deserved point with a very late winner. After the visitors had missed a penalty, Town took the lead in stoppage time with the referee restarting the game for just one second before blowing the half-time whistle. AFC Wulfs got back on level terms just after the hour mark and scored their cruel late winner. An enjoyable evening which attracted a host of groundhoppers and Stafford Rangers fans, and I watched the game in the company of Paul Sparrow from Horley in Sussex.
Stafford Town (red/red/red): 1. Matt Cotterill, 2. Matt Dockerty, 3. Oliver Parker, 4. Josh Anderson, 5. Justin Worthington, 6. Jack Lee, 7. Craig Holland, 8. Dave Woodvine (capt), 9. Paul McMahon, 10. Gary Bearesley, 11. Liam McKinney. Subs: 12. Tom Hiatt (for Dockerty, 79), 14. Phil Ellerby (not used), 15. Andrew Heal (not used), 16. Tom Poole (not used).
AFC Wulfrunians (yellow and black halves / black / black): 1. Danny Tipton (capt), 2. Antony Collins, 3. Timothy Jackson, 4. Mark Tipton, 5. Graham Ashton, 6. Joseph Williams, 7. Mensah Kinch, 8. Robin Sheffield, 9. Mark Swann, 10. Antony Cox, 11. Nathaniel Lawson. Subs: 12. Thomas Southern (not used), 14. Michael Eagles (for Swann, 90), 15. Danny Crudginton (for Lawson, 60), 16. James Skedgel (not used), 17. Richard Anslow (for Cox, 76).
Referee: Phil Reade.
Assistants: G. Barrow and J. Kerrigan.
Goals:
1-0 Gary Bearesley (45+3)
1-1 Mensah Kinch (65)
1-2 Richard Anslow (87)
Cards:
Stafford: none
AFC Wulfrunians: Timothy Jackson (YC, 21)
