28/09/2025
It was County Cup action for the ‘Fields this morning as we were handed a trip to that famous Staffordshire city called Birmingham 🤔 to take on Queens FC. In surroundings that made Wentlows look like the Maldives, we went 3-0 up, let the opposition get back in the game, then went up the other end and grabbed a dramatic late winner to send us into the last eight
We travelled with a depleted squad of thirteen which included Kee Bullock in goal after Scabby dropped out, and with Wiggy in Benidorm we were wondering where the goals were coming from until we realised we still had Adam Harper, who had changed out of his sisters dress and bullet headered us 1-0 up in the early stages, hurting his shoulder in the process but Madri’s best customer will do anything for goals
We dominated the first half and a brace from JJ saw us 3-0 up at the break. His first goal was a lovely finesse finish into the corner after finding a gap between two defenders, his second was a more simple one as he just strolled clean through like he was doing his shopping at Sainsbury’s and picked his spot in the bottom corner, and that should have been game over. I say Scabby dropped out but I think he was in goal for them before they switched things up at the break
Defending downhill the second half, and stretching ourselves even more by losing the other cross dressers Thorley and Roons to injury, we had to withstand more and more pressure from the hosts, which eventually told as with five to go it was 3-3 and we looked shot and penalties were creeping up on us, however within minutes we grabbed the last word through an unlikely source
A free kick was recycled by Tom Lowe who chopped his way past a couple of defenders and hung a sumptuous ball to the wing where Caza brought it down, ignored the whole team queueing up for a tap in, rifled an effort into the top bins and just stood there like Eric Cantona as he was mobbed by the lads. Great finish and also we mustn’t forget a great assist by Lowey (cc Dan Hammond)
B***y rightly gave the lads a telling off at the end for nearly throwing the game away but cups are about finding a way to win however you do it, and the lads were rewarded with Hole’s rendition of Atomic Kitten in the changing rooms/prison cells after the game 🎤
Next week sees us take our second crack at the FA Sunday Cup as we host Men Unite, 2pm kick off and stay tuned for all the details which will be posted this week - if anyone wants to sponsor or help out get in touch as well 👍🏻