Boldmere St Michaels 3 v 1 Coleshill Town

[Alan Beckett]

Monday 25th August 2025
Northern Premier League Midland Division
Boldmere St Michaels 3 v 1 Coleshill Town
Scorers: Freddie Cockerill 2, 1 pen, Keirece Cunningham.
Mikes:
Colemen: Alex McSkeane.
Attendance: 187.

Teams:
Boldmere: Ashton Rinaldo, Frankie Ealing, Pierre Phillips, George Cleet, Lewis Allison (Aaron Forde), Ben George, Keirece Cunningham (Zachary Binns), Charlie Manners, Alex Lock (Harry Wakefield), Freddie Cockerell (Osaze Okuonghae), Nathan Oyemade (Kye Billingham-Belle).


Coleshill: Cameron Belford, Daniel Brookes, Harry Sweeney (Michael Tait-Moran), Tyreace Brown, Harry Craven (Ross Evans)(Cody Mullan), Taylor Carter-Byrne, Daniel Gyasi, Lukman Darboe, Alex McSkeane, Ben Usher-Shipway, Jack Hallahan (Theo Rowe).


MATCH REPORT
When it's not your day, it's just not your day but you will, hopefully, have better days.
It wasn't the best game of football, both sides struggling to find any rythym, and a boring 0-0 draw looked the most likely outcome! But in the final five minutes of the first half, Harry Craven went off injured, Alex McSkeane scored, a looping shot that avoided the home keepers outstretched left hand, and Tyreace Brown was sent off for allegidly stamping on a Boldmere player. Wow!
Obviously Coleshill's plan for the second half was to defend in numbers to try to maintain the lead, that lasted three minutes when ex-Coleshill player Freddie Cockerill burst into the box and fell over, penalty said the referee. Cockerill converted the spot kick himself. Harry Sweeney then went off injured, leaving Coleshill with very little defensive cover and poor Daniel Gyasi was tasked with trying to keep Boldmere's rapid left winger quiet! No luck there, Cunningham skipped past the emergency defender and set up Cockerill for his second goal on 72minutes, and then did the same and scored himself on 82 minutes. To say Coleshill were pleased to hear the final whistle is an understatement. Hopefully they have a better day in the F.A.Cup next Saturday.