Highgate United 0 v 1 Coleshill Town
Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 4:49 pm
Thursday 17th April 1986
Midland Combination Premier
Highgate United 0 v 1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Steve George. (or was it Thompson)
P33 W13 D11 L9 F47 A47 Pts37 Pos?/20
Team: Steve George. Confirmed. Fencheon, Thompson.
PTDC Not sure which paper probably Solihul Times WROTE
Gate Go Down In Drab Affair
If evidence was needed as to why these two sides are struggling at the wrong end of the Premiership table then this drab affair provided it. A display as dismal as the weather pushed Highgate further into the relegation mire with a catalogue of injuries giving scant cause for optimism. Gate, with Andy Gallagher making his debut up front, started brightly with Gary Roberts seeing a lob drift a yard wide before Keith Checketts and Lee Brosnan both had shots blocked in the box. Chris Hunt in the home goal was the busier of the two keepers twice saving well to deny Fencheon and Thompson but was left stranded on the 40th minute when Thompson's cross cum shot gave Coleshill the lead. Richard Lucy prevented the visitors from going further ahead when he headed off the line but Gate themselves rarely got an attempt on target but Lucy missed a great chance of an equaliser five minutes from the end shooting over from just six yards.
Midland Combination Premier
Highgate United 0 v 1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Steve George. (or was it Thompson)
P33 W13 D11 L9 F47 A47 Pts37 Pos?/20
Team: Steve George. Confirmed. Fencheon, Thompson.
PTDC Not sure which paper probably Solihul Times WROTE
Gate Go Down In Drab Affair
If evidence was needed as to why these two sides are struggling at the wrong end of the Premiership table then this drab affair provided it. A display as dismal as the weather pushed Highgate further into the relegation mire with a catalogue of injuries giving scant cause for optimism. Gate, with Andy Gallagher making his debut up front, started brightly with Gary Roberts seeing a lob drift a yard wide before Keith Checketts and Lee Brosnan both had shots blocked in the box. Chris Hunt in the home goal was the busier of the two keepers twice saving well to deny Fencheon and Thompson but was left stranded on the 40th minute when Thompson's cross cum shot gave Coleshill the lead. Richard Lucy prevented the visitors from going further ahead when he headed off the line but Gate themselves rarely got an attempt on target but Lucy missed a great chance of an equaliser five minutes from the end shooting over from just six yards.