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Match Report<br />
Darlaston Town (1874) 1 Bromyard Town 0<br />
West Midlands (Regional) League Division One<br />
Saturday 4th August 2018<br />
An opening day crowd of 137 saw Darlaston emerge with 3 points to get their 2018/19 season<br />
off to a good start. Despite the scoreline Darlaston were comfortable winners and controlled<br />
the game for long periods.<br />
In glorious sunshine at The<br />
Paycare Ground the home side<br />
created two early chances. Firstly<br />
Danny Mayne shot wide from an<br />
acute angle and on 6 minutes<br />
debutant Daniel Bolzon came<br />
close to opening his account.<br />
Ryan Kingdon and Ryan Jones<br />
combined down the le< flank,<br />
Jones sending in a superb cross<br />
which was headed over by Bolzon<br />
from 8 yards with opposi:on<br />
keeper Alex Rhodes well beaten.<br />
Darlaston were controlling the pace<br />
of the game with some excellent<br />
passing moves but they lacked the<br />
cuKng edge in front of goal to ease<br />
the nerves of their supporters and<br />
management team. Bolzon and<br />
Mayne were both off target as<br />
pressure mounted on the<br />
overworked Bromyard defence with<br />
Dan Tonks and Cameron Green<br />
standing resolute at the heart of the<br />
visitors defence.<br />
Despite the pressure from the home<br />
side it was the visitors who had a<br />
glorious chance to open the scoring in the 31st minute. A four man move from their own<br />
penalty area resulted in Mahew Croucher Smith finding space beyond the Darlaston defence<br />
the impressive striker unleashed a superb angled drive from 18 yards which was superbly<br />
:pped over the bar by debutant keeper Liam Whiaker, acroba:cally diving high<br />
to his right. 8<br />
at (amongst others) Pershore Town, Malvern Town and Bromyard Town.<br />
When the new managers took over, they found the club at the foot of the table. In a<br />
remarkable turnaround, the Saltmen ended the season in their highest ever league<br />
posi:on (8th) and points tally (46) and reached the Worcestershire Junior Cup Semi<br />
Finals only to be knocked out by local rivals Fairfield Villa.<br />
At the end of the 2014/15 season the club decided to dissolve the struggling<br />
Reserve side to focus all the club’s efforts on the fortunes of the first team. As a<br />
result, the Saltmen achieved their highest ever finish in season 2015/16 - a very<br />
creditable 3rd posi:on as well as winning silverware in two compe::ons.<br />
In 2016/17, the club went one beer, winning the Midland Football League Division<br />
Two for the first :me in its history ahead of Paget Rangers & Alvis Spor:ng.<br />
However, the club were deducted 3 points a month a
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