Dudley Town v Heath Hayes - Official Matchday Programme

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The official matchday programme of dudley town football club | season 2021-2022

FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PAGE 20
Saturday 5th March 2022

Midland football league division one - 3pm



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In a week where we have witnessed untold terror unfold on our tel-
evision screens in Eastern Europe, we turn our attention back to the
field and to this afternoon's visit of Heath Hayes in the midland
football league division one.

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The Lost
Grounds

DARLASTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

Programme
editor ChrIS
Davis takes a
look back at
some of the lost
grounds that
the Robins have
played at
throughout the
club’s long
history.

11 minutes from time.

Francis-Mills stole the

ball off a dawdling Kelly on the
edge of the box and

fired his shot first
time under the
advancing Evans

and inside the far post –

a beautiful finish on a
beautiful day for

the
visitors.

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In Town Today

IN TOWN TODAY

Past The Season
Classic
HEATH HAYES 4

Shawbury United 1

August 14 - MFL 1

Bilston Town 5

Heath Hayes 0

OCTOBER 23 - MFL 1

Heath Hayes 4
SHawbury United 3
August 30 - MFL 1

Nick Wellecome 13
Matt Hardiman 9
Connor Ryan 4
Alister Brauns 3

Stats Last

Head to Head Saturday 21st August 2021

Dudley Town Cult Hero
Heath Hayes
FRANCINO
Previous FRANCIS
fixture

Home Ground
Year Formed

THE PAST

Honours: NONE

Season League Pos Pld W D L F A Pts FA Cup FA Vase
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17



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MATCH

MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE
DIVISION ONE

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IF YOU caught any of the the ties and then blazed his over the It set the cogs whirring in
League Cup final from Wembley bar to hand Jurgen Klopp’s team boss Lee Matthews brain. So
last Sunday, you will already victory. when the 21-year-old centre-back
know the story well. woke up on the morning of their
It seemed, with the hind- first round game against Ascot
Chelsea keeper Edouard sight factor we all love to ignore, United, he had a message from the
Mendy had a fantastic game a crazy decision. Who knows… gaffer telling him to bring his
against Liverpool but with a few Mendy staying on may have yield- gloves. And not to tell anyone!
minutes of extra-time to go, the ed the same result. But the deci-
TV cameras had already picked up sion was a big post-match talking Now this story wouldn’t
on Thomas Tuchel’s masterplan point. be told if the game had ended with
for the penalty shoot-out. one side winning after the 90
We've seen managers try minutes. Again, Wallingford
Readying himself on the it a few times over the years. staged a comeback to draw 2-2
bench was stopper Kepa Arriza- There was even a moment in this and send the game to penalty
balaga, who then came on before season’s FA Vase when it worked kicks.
time ran out with the theory his to perfection for Wallingford.
penalty saving record would tip Aitchison swapped his
the balance in the Blues' favour. Lawrie Aitchison is usu- outfield jersey for a spare keeper’s
ally a defender by trade but had to one and got ready to stare down
Of course, we are famil- pull on the gloves in the second his opponents.
iar with strikers coming off the round qualifying when regular
bench in the final minutes of stopper Sam Baldock was ruled And he went even better
games to specifically take a spot- out in the warm-up as a precau- for the Step 6 outfit, saving three
kick. As England found out in the tionary measure while still feeling times to help his side continue
European Championship final, it the effects of a suspected concus- their Vase run.
doesn't always work. sion in a previous game.
So thinking differently
And, as events would After a 4-4 thriller with and trying to be clever can work.
have it, the move also backfired Bishops Cleeve, Aitchison saved Not that it will help Chelsea fans
for Chelsea. Kepa couldn't keep two penalty shoot-out kicks and feel any better!
out any of Liverpool’s 11 penal- his side advanced.
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MATCH FOCUS 

MATCH FOCUS 

MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

1 Atherstone Town 28 25 2 1 76 19 57 77 MFL - DIVISION ONE
66 26/02/22
2 Stapenhill 28 21 3 4 85 33 52 61
60 MFL - PREMIER DIVISION
3 Darlaston Town 28 18 7 3 83 24 59 55 26/02/22
52 *
4 Dudley Town 29 19 3 7 65 32 33 43 MFL - DIVISION ONE
37 05/03/22
5 Ashby Ivanhoe 26 17 4 5 82 42 40 37
36
6 O J M Black Country 29 17 7 5 79 48 31 36
35 *
7 Bilston Town 28 13 4 11 63 56 7 30
28
8 Heath Hayes 27 11 4 12 44 45 -1 25
24
9 Paget Rangers 29 11 4 14 42 59 -17 21 *
21
10 Wednesfield 29 10 6 13 36 44 -8 9

11 Nuneaton Griff 29 11 3 15 39 59 -20

12 Wolves Sporting 28 13 2 13 54 48 6

13 Cradley Town 30 9 3 18 35 72 -37

14 Coventry Copsewood 29 8 4 17 49 68 -19

15 Chelmsley Town 29 6 7 16 35 50 -15

16 Shawbury United 28 7 3 18 39 62 -23

17 Khalsa 28 7 3 18 37 75 -38

18 AFC Bridgnorth 28 5 6 17 31 77 -46

19 Dudley Sports 28 2 3 23 27 88 -61

MIDLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

1 Hanley Town 28 21 6 1 73 21 52 69
2 Lichfield City
3 Boldmere St Michaels 28 15 6 7 68 38 30 51
4 A F C Wulfrunians
5 Worcester City 25 15 6 4 51 26 25 51
6 Lye Town
7 Tividale 27 15 6 6 52 36 16 51
8 Romulus
9 Whitchurch Alport 26 14 3 9 47 31 16 45
10 Shifnal Town
11 Stone Old Alleynians 29 13 5 11 49 33 16 44
12 Walsall Wood
13 Stourport Swifts 25 12 7 6 38 31 7 43
14 Racing Club Warwick
15 Highgate United 28 13 4 11 51 46 5 43
16 Uttoxeter Town
17 Haughmond 25 13 3 9 49 45 4 42
18 Wolves Casuals
19 Bewdley Town 26 12 4 10 55 35 20 40

26 12 4 10 46 47 -1 40

25 9 9 7 46 32 14 36

26 8 9 9 44 44 0 33

27 8 3 16 30 48 -18 27

28 5 9 14 40 51 -11 24

26 6 4 16 26 56 -30 22

28 5 4 19 45 69 -24 19

27 5 2 20 30 86 -56 17

28 4 4 20 35 100 -65 16

MFL - PREMIER DIVISION
05/03/22

SEASON 2021/2022

Atherstone Town 401 304
Darlaston Town
304 217
Dudley Town
Nuneaton Griff 256 138
Bilston Town
638 131
Stapenhill
Ashby Ivanhoe 311 128
Chelmsley Town
Paget Rangers 223 105

Heath Hayes 154 99
Cradley Town
Wednesfield 232 91
AFC Bridgnorth
Shawbury United 181 90
Black Country Rangers
Wolves Sporting 148 76

Khalsa 135 73
Dudley Sports
Coventry Copsewood 219 67

112 62 ANDY NICOL
93 47

75 46

81 38

97 37

62 35 Andy nicol Darlaston town 35

42 26 Jordan Wilson Ashby Ivanhoe 32

Sam grouse Ashby Ivanhoe 25
George teeney Stapenhill 22

Rivel mardenborough Paget rangers 19

ALEX HUGHES WHITCHURCH ALPORT 26
Jack Edwards Lichfield city 25
DANIEL LOMAS LICHFIELD CITY 22
ALEX MCSKEANE BOLDMERE ST MIKES 22
RYAN LINFORD-BOOTH HIGHGATE UNITED 18

Darlaston town 59
Cradley town 53
DUDLEY town 52
BILSTON town 47
AFC Bridgnorth 43

JORDAN WILSON Romulus 73
Afc wulfrunians 58
Highgate united 54
Bewdley town 52
Stone Old Alleynians 51

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