Swifts 100 Club Draw - September Result
1ST - £250 – Ball no. - DAVE MITCHAM
2ND - £150 – Ball no. - SUE BATES
3RD - £50 – Ball no. - RICHARD LEES
Swifts hang on for win
Dudley Town 1 Stourport Swifts 2 MPL 1st October Att: 92
Keeper Dom Richards produced more heroics as Stourport Swifts edged Dudley Town in an end to end thriller.
Debut striker Connor Deards struck the Dudley bar in the 14th minute, then Richards flew to his left to keep out a fierce drive from Conner Armstrong. Jordan Davies then hit the post, drew Canavan blasted over the top then Deards tested Dudley keeper Alex Graham.
Despite all the goalmouth action, the first half remained a goal free zone, and Dudley began the second half with some menace, Armstrong giving Richards a scare with a 30 yarder which flashed over the top, then Davies forced the Swifts keeper to a reaction save from eight yards out.
Swifts took the lead on the hour when Graham failed to collect a Deards effort cleanly, and Darryl Knights pounced to force in from close range despite Graham’s desperate attempts to redeem the situation. The lead however only lasted six minutes, when Chandler Pegg drilled a low angled shot past Richards from ten yards after the Swifts twice failed to clear.
Stourport were back in front after 73 minutes when following some good play on the right from Joe Hanson, George Baker crossed for Deards to rise and thump a smart header past Graham in of the far post.
Dudley threw everything forward to try and level the score, with the Swifts goal seemingly leading a charmed life with corner after corner being repelled, Richards twice saving well under pressure and Armstrong and Davies both firing wide after some chaotic scrambles in the Swifts box as the clock ticked down.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Birch, Ethan Hanson, Jim Hanson, Harland, Canavan, Edwards, Deards, Knights, Baker. SUBS USED: Adams, Jackson, Diallo, Johnson, Jevons
Richards saves Swifts a point
Atherstone Town 2 Stourport Swifts 2 MPL Sat 28th September Att: 249
Swifts keeper Dom Richards came to the rescue as Stourport Swifts survived a first half battering then came back from two goals down to snatch a valuable point at Atherstone.
Manager Ben Jevons made four changes to last weeks defeat against Whitchurch, and Atherstone flew out of the blocks with a wave of pressure as the new look Swifts side tried to bed in. Lewis Collins opened up a hesitant Swifts back line in the 7th minute and Toby Nicholl saw his near post flick shave the post. Richards saw the start of a busy afternoon two minutes later when he flung himself to his left to keep out a snapshot from Ryan Harkin. After 14 minutes Swifts almost took the lead themselves when Kai Adams broke through and his shot, parried well by keeper Finn Osborn, almost trickled in at the far post before being cleared.
Collins then shot wide after another Atherstone chance, and Matt Harland cleared off the line from a header by Atherstone skipper Connor Gudger. Nicholl then headed over from a Toby Steele cross as Stourport came under pressure again, and Richards produced a spectacular double save first from a fierce volley from Collins, then an amazing point blank stop from Chris Cowley’s follow up. Harkin then passed up a gilt edged chance to give his side the lead, but shot wide when clean through, and Ben Jevons’ header denied Harkin four minutes later as he was about head in from close range.
Atherstone’s breakthrough came six minutes into the second half when Harkin played Collins in behind the Swifts defence and he cooly shot past the advancing Richards. The Swifts keeper then denied Collins a second goal with a flying save to his right, but could do nothing to prevent the home side taking aa 2-0 lead after 57 minutes when Lewis Noone crossed from left and Harkin planted a firm header home from 6 yards.
Richards performed heroics again in the 74th minute when Drew Canavan miscued his pass to leave Harkin through on goal, but the keeper saved well at his feet.
The Swifts were thrown a lifeline with ten minutes to go when Josh Steel brough down Canavan in the box and Darryl Knights blasted the spot kick into the top corner. For the first time in the match the visitors looked a threat, and with two minutes on clock, some sharp link up play between Harland, Knights, Edwards and Jim Hanson set up Nat Hewett who fired a dipping 30 yarder over Osborn to snatch a point
SWIFTS: Richards, Jackson, Matt Hanson, Ethan Hanson, Cooper, Adams, Harland, Canavan, Jim Hanson, Birch, Knights. SUBS USED: Jevons, Hewett, Edwards
Swifts go down at home again
Stourport Swifts 1 Whitchurch Alport 3 MPL Sat 21st September Att: 143
Stourport Swifts suffered their 3rd home defeat of the season against in form Whitchurch.
Missed chances early on cost the Swifts again, and they paid the penalty in the 19th minute when Dale Edwards gave away a loose pass on the edge of the box and Whitchurch striker Lewis Bloor pounced to curl an angled drive into the top corner past Dom Richards.
The visitors increased their lead nine minutes later when Callum Knowles raced clear to calmly slot home from ten yards.
Swifts lost Ben Maginness early in the second half when he limped off with a foot injury, but Swifts looked likely to pull one back as Darryl Knights hit the post and minutes later had a penalty appeal turn down when he was brought down in the box.
George Baker made things more difficult with half an hour left when, having been sin binned earlier, he received a second yellow card to leave his side with ten men. The Swifts pulled one back in the 75th minute when Kai Adams was on hand to fire home and continued to press for an equaliser, but Whitchurch made the game safe when following a corner Callum Knowles header was parried away by Richards, but struck Matt Hanson to give them a third
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Matt Hanson, Ethan Hanson, Jackson, Adams, Harland, Maginness, Edwards, Jim Hanson, Knights. SUBS USED: Baker, Canavan, Jevons
Swifts welcome three points
Stourport Swifts 2 Northwich Victoria 1 MPL 14th September Att: 165
Stourport Swifts ended their run of four games without a win with this hard earned victory against Northwich Victoria on Saturday.
Swifts produced a competitive edge which has been missing over the past few games, and Introduced youngsters Boubacar Diallo, Jake Cooper and Leo Gouveia to the line up in a new look side.
Diallo in particular started brightly, and twice tested Northwich keeper Ollie Culkin in the opening 15 minutes, before Darryl Knights put the Swifts in front in the 25th minute when he beat the offside trap to cooly slide home. Jim Hanson, restored to a midfield role shaved the post with a long range effort before Northwich levelled four minutes before half time when Mackenzie Faulkner slide in at the far post after a well worked corner routine.
The visitors pressed hard early in the second half and Mamadou Djabi fired narrowly wide, then tested Richards with a low shot at the left hand post. A clever flick from Darryl Knights set up Jim Hanson but his shot was deflected wide, then skipper Martin Slevin hit the post after a crazy scramble in the Northwich box.
Swifts were back in front with 20 minutes to go when a Knights free kick from the left saw Ethan Hanson react first to drive high into the net from six yards out. More drama followed two minutes later when Dom Richards was judged to have bundled over striker Sam Unwin in the box, but dusted himself down to save Unwin’s spot kick low to his right to keep his side in front.
Stourport could have added to their lead in the last ten minutes, but George Baker blasted wastefully over the top from ten yards following another Knights free kick and Ethan Hanson almost scored his second of the game but volleyed over the bar.
SWIFTS: Richards, Joe Hanson, Matt Hanson, Ethan Hanson, Cooper, Jim Hanson, Slevin, Diallo, Maginness, Knights, Baker. SUBS USED: Goveia, Harland, Perry
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