Coleshill Town 1 v 1 Malvern Town

[Alan Beckett]

Saturday 31st March 1979
Midland Combination Division 1
Coleshill Town 1 v 1 Malvern Town
Scorers:
Coleshill: Jeff Page pen.
Malvern: Tyler.

Team: Capper GK, Jeff Page, Bruce Griffin, Holland, Sarson, Casey, Dolphin, Jonny Allen, Myatt,


CASTLE BROMWICH NEWS WROTE
Town Battle To Avoid Re-Election
***FIRST FEW LINES MISSING****
enabled Coleshill to surprise Malvern and straight from the kick off they had the visitors reeling. A fine move up the left flank resulted in Malvern conceding a penalty. Page played a ball forward to Holland, who was upended by Wardroper and Page calmly slotted home his spot kick. Malvern replied to excert heavy pressure, but Coleshill were reduced to 10 men in the 25th minute when Griffin was sent off following a late tackle on Tyler. Tyler, after recieving attention from the trainer, slammed in a curling free kick which Capper did well to save at the expense of a corner. Coleshill broke out of defence for Holland and Sarson to combine, enabling the latter to cross brilliantly for Casey to head powerfully downwards, only for the ball to bounce up and sail over the cross bar. Near half time Coleshill's Dolphin shot narrowly wide. Early in the second half a shot by Sarson was inches off target and as Coleshill forced the pace, Allen saw a great effort saved by the woodwork. A goal at this stage and Coleshill would surely have sewn up the result, but as it was Malvern hit back to net the equaliser, after goalkeeper Capper had parried out a strong shot from Tyler. For the last half hour Coleshill had to defend in depth, but they always remained composed and went close to snatching a dramatic late winner. Myatt split the Malvern defence with a pass to Sarson, who transferred the ball to Holland, forcing Malvern to concede three successive corners. From the third one Holland had a scorching header brilliantly saved.
The last two performances encouraged manager Mervyn Parsons to say "The fight against having to apply for re-election to the Midland Combination First Division is still very much on."


P25 W1 D6 L18 F15 A46 Pts8 Pos20/20