Swifts 100 Club Draw - August Result
1ST - £250 – Ball no. 61 - EMMA NORWOOD
2ND - £150 – Ball no. 51 - JOY EADES
3RD - £50 – Ball no. 41 - STEVE FROST
Swifts hit for five at Stone
Stone Old Alleynians 5 Stourport Swifts 0 MPL 8th September 2024 Att: 84
Stourport Swifts season hit a new low with a five goal drubbing at Stone on Saturday.
Matt Hanson forced Stone keeper Raajan Gill into action after four minutes, and Kobe Hall shot narrowly wide three minutes later, but then it was all downhill for the Swifts as Stone took control and never relinquished their hold on the match from then on.
Ethan Vale fired Stone in front after 14 minutes with a 25 yard free kick past an inept Swifts defensive wall, and Jack Van der Laan added a second ten minutes later when he skipped past Nat Hewett and Ethan Hanson after Hewett hesitated to slam past Richards from ten yards out. Van Der Laan gave Stourport another wake up call in the 38th minute when he shot narrowly over the top, but Swifts defence still failed to get their act together just before the break when Vale played a neat 1-2 on the edge of the box to stroke past Richards and make it 3-0.
Darryl Knights tested Gill early in the second half but Stone still looked the more likely to score, and Van der Laan forced Richards into another fine save just afterwards. Swifts forced a succession of corners, but still failed to threaten a goal, and with ten minutes left Sam Wilson escaped the attentions of the Swifts defence to fire in number four. Richards twice performed heroics to deny Jack Tomlinson and Wilson, and substitute Harry Minshall hit the bar with a thumping effort, before completing the demolition when he drove in at the near post with five minutes to go.
SWIFTS: Richards, Maginness, Hewett, Ethan Hanson, Matt Hanson, Juliff, Slevin, Harland, Jim Hanson, Knights, Hall. SUBS USED: Kuzakwawo, Banks, Nicholls
Swifts goal drought continues
Stourport Swifts 0 OJM Black Country 0 MPL 3rd August 2024 Att: 108
Swifts stretched their goalless run to three consecutive matches as newly promoted OJM held out to keep a clean sheet.
Stourport again started well, with Matt Harland providing a pin point cross for Jack Watts after just five minutes, but his shot was cleared, then Watts created himself an opportunity when he cut inside from the left but his effort was deflected wide.
Swifts continued to press, and after 19 minutes Kobe Hall blasted over from 25 yards, and Matt Hanson produced the same outcome six minutes later after a driving run through midfield.
OJM created a good chance themselves on the half hour when Moussa Loita was clean through on goal, but his rising shot was well wide. Swifts best chance of the first half came just before the break when Hall and Watts linked up well on the edge of the box to give Hall a clear shot at goal but once again the finish lacked composure and flashed over the bar.
The second half followed a similar pattern, with OJM keeper Tom Clapp saving well from Watts, then George Baker shot tamely at the keeper when a Swifts corner was only half cleared. Watts then missed Joe Hanson’s cross by a whisker, and two minutes later he skipped past two defenders in the box but his low cross was just out of reach for Matt Harland.
OJM sub Demetri Brown gave the Swifts a scare when he forced Richards into a fine save with a low cross shot, then Stourport almost went in front when Clapp fumbles Slevin’s corner, but did well to block Hall’s follow up with his legs.
Watts went down in the box with two minutes to go for what looked aa clear penalty, but referee Ben Whittick ruled otherwise
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Hewett, Ethan Hanson, Matt Hanson, Harland, Slevin, Jim Hanson, Baker, Hall, Watts SUBS USED: Kuzakwawo,, Banks, Juliff
Swifts draw a blank again
Stourport Swifts 0 Lichfield City 1 MPL 31st August 2024 Att: 130
Swifts failed to find the net for the second successive match despite a much improved performance against top of the table Lichfield.
A bright start saw Matt Hanson head wide at the far post, and brother Joe headed back across goal from a Darryl Knights cross which dropped inches past Kobe Hall’s outstretched boot.
Lichfield keeper James Beeson produced a fine save from Matt Harland after a well worked short corner, before Joe Haines forced Dom Richards to a smart save with Lichfield’s first goal threat. The visitors looked dangerous again when Jack Edwards saw his shot on the turn flash narrowly wide. Five minutes before the break Richards performed heroics with an outstanding double save first from Callum Griffin then Edwards from the follow up, to keep the game goalless at the break.
Jim Hanson had Beeson worried just after half time when his 25 yarder skimmed the crossbar, but Lichfield went close too when Dan Lomas crossed from the left and Haines headed wide when well placed. Lee Chilton was then played through on goal by Knights, but fored wastefully over the top, then Chilton, Slevin and George Baker linked up well to set up Kobe Hall, who then shot wide.
The breakthrough goal came after 75 minutes when Swifts twice failed to clear their line following a corner, and Leighton Mcmenemy turned inside on the edge of the box and fired in an angled shot which cannoned in off the underside of the bar.
Swifts battled manfully to get back on terms but Lichfield held firm to take a hard earned three points.
SWIFTS: Richards, Maginness, Hewett, Ethan Hanson, Matt Hanson, Joe Hanson, Slevin, Harland, Jim Hanson, Knights, Hall. SUBS USED: Chilton, Baker, Kuzakwawo, Juliff
Swifts slump to first defeat
Studley 1 Stourport Swifts 0 MPL 26th August 2024 Att: 107
A controversial penalty four minutes into the second half was enough to condemn Stourport Swifts to their first defeat of the season at Studley, but in truth Swifts failed to mount enough attacking threat take anything from this match.
Swifts struggled throughout to mount any sustained pressure, and managed only two shots on goal in each half as Studley hung on for their first win.
Stourport could have gone ahead after nine minutes, but Kobe Hall shot straight at keeper Brendon Bunn, and Martin Slevin also saw his close range header saved.
Dom Richards was called into action to keep out two shots from Reece Taylor-Randle, and defender Mickey Mcguigan blocked Hall’s effort with an outstanding tackle.
Lee Chilton was judged to have handled for the penalty, but looked suspiciously outside the box, and Szhem White-Hall drove confidently past Richards.
Jim Hanson rattled the underside of the Studley crossbar from 25 yards, and then shaved the post with a low drive in the dying minutes, but the Swifts could not find the goal they needed.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Matt Hanson, Ethan Hanson, Jim Hanson, Harland, Slevin, Hewett, Knights, Hall, Chilton SUBS USED: Baker, Broni-Phillips,Perry, Juliff
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