Swifts 100 Club Draw - January Result
1ST - £250 – Ball no. 20 - DREW CANAVAN
2ND - £150 – Ball no. 67 - MELVIN DULAK
3RD - £50 – Ball no. 45 - WENDY BARRATT
Swifts edged out at leaders Lichfield
Lichfield City 2 Stourport Swifts 1 MPL 15th February 2025 Att: 212
Stourport Swifts produced a much improved performance but could not hang on to any points at runaway league leaders Lichfeld on Saturday.
Swifts took and early second half lead when Joe Philips headed in Ryan Snape’s right wing cross, but two goals in ten minutes put Lichfield back in the driving seat to stretch their lead at the top of the table to ten points.
After a bright start which saw George Baker test Lichfield keeper with a fierce angled shot, and Matt Harland blaze over the top after some slick interplay on the edge of the box between Jim Hanson, Connor Deards and Snape had opened up the home defence, Swifts were keen to put last week’s defeat against Northwich behind them.
Swifts could have gone two in front before Lichfield striker Callum Griffin levelled in the 63rd minute after some hesitant defending allowed him to pounce and drive low past Dom Richards. Joe Haines was on hand ten minutes later to score from close range after Richards had saved from Josh Mansell.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Matt Hanson, Baker, Harland, Jim Hanson, Snape, Deards, Philips. SUBS USED: Maginness, Moore, Edwards
Swifts battered at home
Stourport Swifts 1 1874 Northwich 5 MPL 8th February 2025 Att: 153
Stourport Swifts crashed to their biggest home defeat of the season with this lack lustre display against title chasers 1874 Northwich.
Swifts went two down in the opening 16 minutes when first Northwich skipper Matt Fenton powered in a close range header from a John Mcgrath corner, and then after Mcgrath had struck the post with a low shot from just inside the box Joel Jones tapped in the rebound.
Dom Richards then produced a fine save from Eden Bailey, before Ryan Snape squandered the only worthy Swifts effort of the first half when he fired wastefully over the top when through on goal.
The second half began just as badly as the first, when Bailey scored from the penalty spot and then Mcgrath was on hand at the far post to tap in number four with the Swifts defence nowhere to be seen. Sub Joe Philips shone a brief ray of sunshine on the Swifts performance with a smartly taken turn and finish past keeper Michael Shorthouse from 12 yards to make it 4-1, but Richards continued to be kept busy by the lively Northwich front line, when after Mark Jones shot narrowly wide, he produced two fine saves in as many minutes from Ben Guest and then Bailey once again.
Bailey finally managed to notch his second of the match when he made no mistake from 12 yards out to drill low past Richards and complete a miserable afternoon for the Swifts.
SWIFTS: Richards, East, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Moore, Baker, Jackson, Cresswell, Love, Snape, Deards, . SUBS USED: Adams, Philips Edwards, Maginness, Harper
Last gasp Adams goal earns a point
Stourport Swifts 2 Stone Old Alleynians 2 MPL 1st February 2025 Att: 95
Kai Adams pounced in injury time equaliser to earn Stourport Swifts a well deserved point on Saturday.
Swifts went in front after just three minutes when Connor Deards drove in a low shot which Stone keeper Raajan Gil managed to parry, but Dale Edwards reacted quickest to blast in from 12 yards. Dom Richards was called into action as Stone responded, and did well to keep out a Jack Bowater snapshot, but after 22 minutes the visitors were level when Jack Tomlinson’s header put Bowater through and he drove an angled shot home past Richards.
Aaron Birch headed over and Gil save well from Drew Canavan’s free kick, but on the stroke of half time Ethan Hanson was harshly judged to have handled in the box, and skipper Matt Thomas fired home from the penalty spot.
Stourport went close just after the break when Gil was at full stretch to keep a long range effort from Ryan Snape, and managed to turn it wide off his left hand post, and Gil did well again after 56 minutes when he managed to parry Kobi Love’s 25 yard effort, and the rebound was scrambled clear.
It looked as if Stone would hang on for a win until the 90th minute until Adam was on hand to force home the equaliser, and the game ended on a sour note when Adams and keeper Gil were both red carded after scuffling over the ball at the re start.
SWIFTS: Richards, Jevons, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Jackson, Baker, Snape, Canavan, Edwards, Adams, Deards . SUBS USED: Moore, Love, Harper, Phillips
Late goals break deadlock
Tividale 0 Stourport Swifts 2 MPL 25th January 2025 Att: 112
Two goals in the last two minutes of this match gave Stourport Swifts a deserved win at Tividale.
After a goalless draw at Walshes Meadow on Boxing Day, this game looked to be heading the same way until the 89th minute when Kai Adams was brought down in the box and Dale Edwards stepped up to score his second penalty in a week. Seconds later Adams was on hand to turn in from close range from the next Swifts attack to make it two wins in a row.
Swifts had dominated for most of the match, with the second half in particular producing some free flowing attacks, but with chance after chance going begging it looked like they would fail to find the net once again against the MPL’s leakiest defence until the Late breakthrough.
Swifts now face the top seven teams in the League over the next seven weeks which will determine their play off credentials.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Matt Hanson, Baker, Harland, Canavan, Jim Hanson, Snape, Deards, . SUBS USED: Adams, Jackson, Moore, Edwards,
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