Willenhall Town
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The Chairman's Notes<br />
Today we welcome our near neighbours and great friends<br />
<strong>Willenhall</strong> <strong>Town</strong> to the Paycare Ground. In par7cular I would<br />
like to extend a par7cularly warm welcome to Simon and<br />
Sharon Hall. They are the heartbeat of <strong>Willenhall</strong> <strong>Town</strong> FC and<br />
have been very suppor7ve to me and the club since we reformed.<br />
Win, lose or draw today the players, supporters and<br />
officials are welcome to join us for our award-winning<br />
hospitality.<br />
Over the years both clubs have been giants in West Midlands<br />
League football. Whilst we have both fallen on harder 7mes recently our histories can<br />
never be deleted from the history books and we are both s7ll alive and kicking. In the<br />
case of <strong>Willenhall</strong> <strong>Town</strong> over recent seasons that has been en7rely down to Simon and<br />
Sharon. This is the first 7me the clubs have met in a compe77ve game since March<br />
2013 when we ran out 4-1 winners in a West Midlands League Premier Division game at<br />
Noose Lane, our home game resulted in a 5-0 win for our visitors.<br />
Whilst it is very early days, the Division is star7ng to take shape and unbelievably a@er<br />
just 2 League games there are only 5 clubs in the Division with maximum points. Not<br />
unexpectedly the teams which did well in the Division last season are riding high with<br />
Worcester Raiders (finished 3rd), Newport <strong>Town</strong> (4th), Tipton <strong>Town</strong> (6th) and ourselves<br />
amongst those sides with maximum points. The other being newcomers, AllscoC. I<br />
predicted a tough and close season and I think it is evident from the two opening games<br />
of the season that every team will have to fight for every point this season.<br />
I must men7on our magnificent support over the pre season and for our opening two<br />
home games. Our last 3 games have all seen more than 100 paying spectators come<br />
through the gates. Without doubt that means we are in the top 2 in the en7re League.<br />
The gate of 108 last Saturday was almost certainly the biggest in the Division and only<br />
Bilston <strong>Town</strong> in the Premier Division may have had a bigger gate. I know the<br />
management team and players are buoyed by your support. To you all, I say a massive<br />
thank you and long may it con7nue.<br />
Finally I would like to acknowledge the professionalism and courtesy of the players and<br />
officials of last week's visitors St Mar7ns FC. They were an absolute credit to their club<br />
and the League. The officials were friendly, complimentary, good company and<br />
courteous from the moment they arrived. The management and players le@ the<br />
dressing rooms extremely 7dy and to round it off St Mar7ns secretary Nick Durman<br />
took the 7me and trouble to drop us an email thanking us for our "great hospitality".<br />
Class people.<br />
Enjoy the game and con7nue to give your 100% support to Andy and the<br />
team............ 3
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