Live Blog - Stourbridge vs Halesowen Town
- Ben Ditchfield
- Nov 30, 2024
- 4 min read
Match Details
Date: Saturday 30th November 2024, 3pm kick off
Competition: Southern League Premier Division Central
Venue: The War Memorial Ground
Match Report
4:58pm: Full Time
🔴Stourbridge 2-2 Halesowen🔵
An astonishing derby ending!! Kieren Donnelly the hero with the last minute equaliser!
4:56pm: 90+6' - Halesowen substitution
🔵Kieren Donnelly off
🔵Nat Kelly on
4:54pm: 90+4' - GOALLL FOR HALESOWEN!!! Scored by Kieren Donnelly!
🔴Stourbridge 2-2 Halesowen🔵
Donnelly runs down the by-line and smashes in an equaliser at the death from the tightest of angles.
4:53pm: 90+3' - Close!
Ceesay with a ball in the box towards Donnelly, who cant get enough on the flicked header allowing the ball to land into Taylor's gloves.
4:50pm: 90+1' - Halesowen substitution
🔵Conor Tee off
🔵Nick Clayton-Phillips on
4:49pm: 90' - Seven minutes of added time
4:49pm: 89' - GOALL FOR STOURBRIDGE!! Scored by Ethan McLeod!
🔴Stourbridge 2-1 Halesowen🔵
A corner is whipped into the middle and headed in by Ethan McLeod for his first goal for the club.
4:45pm: 85' - Over the bar!
Mix-up between Ryan Wollacott and Ceesay allows Kettle to shoot just over.
4:42pm: 82' - Goal for Stourbridge! Scored by Joel Kettle
🔴Stourbridge 1-1 Halesowen🔵
Long throw from Worley causes chaos and the ball is bundled in by the captain Joel Kettle
4:40pm: 80' - Halesowen substitution
🔵Todd Parker off
🔵Jak Hickman on
4:38pm: 78' - Just over!
Stourbridge free kick in the middle of the pitch is taken by the Souleyman Mandey, who shoots just over the bar.
4:36pm: 76' - Stourbridge substitution
🔴Jack Fletcher off
🔴Jourdain Masidi on
4:34pm: 75' - What a block!
Cassidy ball into the box isn't dealt with by Stourbridge, the ball is put to the edge of the box where Tee shoots from close range, his shot is blocked at the last second.
4:31pm: 72' - Almost a second!
Donnelly putting on a press, snatches the ball off Taylor, forced wide he shoots but the Stourbridge keeper recovers well.
4:27pm: 68' - Stourbridge double substitution
🔴Alex Bradley and Sam Unitt off
🔴Souleyman Mandey and Ethan McLeod on
4:26pm: 66' - Chance!
Donnelly does amazingly on the right, but wastes a perfect crossing opportunity.
4:22pm: 61' - Saved!
Stourbridge throw in, flicked on in the box and ends up in the hands of Platt.
4:19pm: 58' - Halesowen substitution
🔵McKauley Manning off
🔵Musa Ceesay on
Musa Ceesay comes off the bench for the fourth time in a Halesowen shirt.
4:15pm: 55' - Great block!
Smile sends a ball through the defensive line to Ponticelli, as he shapes to shoot, a brilliant block from Lewis recovers possession back for Stourbridge.
4:07pm: 48' - Early chance!
Cassidy drives towards the box, a pass to Ponticelli allows Cassidy to gather the ball back to his feet, this time in the box, a last ditch tackle puts it out for a corner.
4:04pm: 45' - Second half underway!
3:50pm: Half Time
🔴Stourbridge 0-1 Halesowen🔵
A brilliant half from Russ Penn's side deservedly sees the Yeltz go in ahead at the break, thanks to Kieren Donnelly's 16th goal of the season.
3:49pm: 45+3' - What a goal that would have been!
Mitchell puts in a ball towards Manning in the box, an outrageous bicycle kick attempt falls into the gloves off Taylor.
3:47pm: 45+1' - Almost!
Tee delivers a second corner in from the left, after the first was cleared. He puts in a ball to the back post, which is nearly met by Ryan Wynter.
3:46pm: 45' Two minutes of added time
3:46pm: 44' - Saved!
A ball forward from Sam Unitt to Ethan Freemantle is read brilliantly by Dan Platt who claims the ball as it enters the penalty area.
3:41pm: 40' - Crucial block!
The Yeltz on a counter sees Todd Parker thread a ball to Donnelly, in on goal his shot takes a small touch off an inrushing defender to direct it just past the post.
3:37pm: 36' - Huge block!
Space opens up for Worley on the left after a ball from Dominic Lewis in midfield. He cuts towards goal but a huge block from Ben Cassidy prevents a certain equaliser.
3:33pm: 32' - Goal for Halesowen! Scored by Kieren Donnelly
🔴Stourbridge 0-1 Halesowen🔵
It was coming! Donnelly profits from a Stourbridge making a right mess of things in the box and touches it past Taylor
3:30pm: 29' - Saved!
Kieren Donnelly steals the ball off Jourdain Brown but fails to beat the outrushing Taylor.
3:28pm: 27' - Just wide!
Jessy Bavanganga clears only to Conor Tee, who gives it to Ponticelli, who on the left shoots just past Ollie Taylor's post.
3:17pm: 16' - Nearly!
16' Nearly!
Horror moment for Alex Worley who in the box miskicks a ball that falls to Manning who cant direct the ball into the net
3:12pm: 11' Almost an opening!
Almost an opening for the Yeltz, brilliant ball from Reece Mitchell through the middle, allowed Jordan Ponticelli to work it forward before a strong Stourbridge tackle broke up the play
3:08pm: 6' - Over!
Josh Smile picks up possesion in the middle, spread a ball out to McKauley Manning who works his way into the box, before a shot is fired over.
3:01pm: 1' - We're underway here at The War Memorial Ground
2:42pm: Team News
🔴Stourbridge: Two changes from the side that drew to Banbury United in their last match a fortnight ago, Ethan McLeod and Miro Pais make way for Sam Unitt and Jack Fletcher. Souleyman Mandey comes back into the squad as Nathaniel Dixon is named in a matchday squad for the first time.
🔵Halesowen: One change from the side that beat Biggleswade Town last weekend, Nick Clayton-Phillips is dropped to the bench for McKauley Manning who comes back into the squad after a two match suspension. Lewis Solly is excluded from the squad.
2:17pm: Line-ups Announced
🔴Stourbridge: Ollie Taylor (GK), Jessy Bavanganga, Alex Worley, Dominic Lewis, Jordaan Brown, Joel Kettle (C), Sam Unitt, Alex Moore, Ethan Freemantle, Alex Bradley, Jack Fletcher
🔴Subs: Souleyman Mandey, Jourdain Masidi, Ethan McLeod, Nathaniel Dixon, Elliott Durrell
🔵Halesowen Town: Dan Platt (GK), Ben Cassidy, Reece Mitchell, Josh Smile, Ryan Wynter (C), Ryan Wollacott, Todd Parker, Conor Tee, Kieren Donnelly, Jordan Ponticelli, McKauley Manning
🔵Subs: Jak Hickman, Nat Kelly, Nick Clayton-Phillips, Musa Ceesay, Adi Yussuf
1:37pm: Arrived at The War Memorial Ground for the number 9 derby between 5th placed Stourbridge and 2nd placed Halesowen Town in the Southern League Premier Division Central.
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