Home Sport Football

Play-off hopes run out as Pitmen fall to defeat

Unibond Premier Division; Yet another frustrating defeat for Hednesford Town finally sealed their descent from league-leaders to play-off nearly men in the space of four months. Read

Five-star Chasetown cruise into play-off final

Atherstone Town 0, Chasetown 5; Five-star Chasertown took a giant step towards the Southern League top flight with a superb display of finishing on Tuesday. Read

Defeat damages Chasetown play-off hopes

BGB Southern League Division 1 Midlands; Chasetown’s last away League fixture of the season ended in a 2-0 defeat at Bury Town on Saturday, writes Dave Goddard. Read

The Pitmen tie knots in the Cables with 5-0 rout

Hednesford Town destroyed bottom side Prescot Cables to improve their goal difference but the team from Keys Park still need to rely on other sides if they are to sneak into the play-off places on the final day. Read

Pitmen play-off hopes hit by defeat to Boston United

Hednesford Town and their frustrating inconsistency caused another setback as, having beaten third-placed Nantwich the previous Tuesday night, The Pitmen followed it up with a disappointing result against relegation threatened Boston United. Read

Chasetown 0 Leighton Town 0

BGB Southern League Division 1 Midlands, Chasetown 0 Read

Dunstable Town 0, Chasetown 1

BGB Southern League division one Read

Scholars come from behind to seal win

Chasetown 2, Aylesbury United 1 BGB Southern League division one Midlands; It all changed for the better in the second half for Chasetown on Saturday as they came from behind to defeat Aylesbury United 2-1, writes Dave Goddard. Read

Pitmen promotion push boosted by win

Guiseley 1 HednesfordTown 2; Hednesford Town continued their promotion push after an eventful victory against Guiseley in a game which saw both the home side’s goalkeepers sent off. Ross Dyer was the hero for ‘The Pitmen’ fans as he scored a goal in each half to earn the three points. Read

Last minute goal dents Pitmen promotion hopes

Hednesford Town 2 FC United of Manchester 2 Unibond Premier League; The Hednesford Town faithful were forced to endure total heartbreak as FC United scored a dramatic last gasp equaliser to salvage a draw and further dent ‘The Pitmen’ promotion chances. Read

Chasetown bag three points

Chasetown 3 AFC Sudbury 1 BGB Southern League division one Midlands; An action packed afternoon saw Chasetown begin a hectic week with an excellent 3-1 victory over AFC Sudbury on Saturday. Read

Pitmen stop the rot with vital win

Hednesford Town ended their run of six straight league defeats with a performance which brought back memories of those heady days in 2008 when ‘The Pitmen’ would regularly bulldoze teams home and away. Read

Chasetown survive late fightback to take three points

Chasetown produced a hard-working performance and survived a late fightback by the home side to triumph 2-1 at Marlow on Saturday, writes Dave Goddard. Read

Aston Villa web-chat: Live Q&A with our writer Mat Kendrick

Aston Villa writer for the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury Mat Kendrick will be online tomorrow at 1pm-2pm to chat live with fans and answer questions about everything going on at Villa Park. Read

Chasetown hold on for valuable three points

Chasetown 1, Woodford United 0 BGB Southern League division one Midlands; Dean Perrow struck his fifth goal in three league matches to take Chasetown to a 1-0 success over Woodford United on Saturday, writes Dave Goddard. Read

Poor Pitmen booed off pitch after latest defeat

Unibond Premier League Hednesford Town 0 Ossett Town 3 Another demoralising defeat at the hands of Ossett Town saw Dean Edwards and his players widely booed off the pitch as the once league-topping side went out with a whimper. The defeat now makes it ten defeats in 11 games and six straight defeats in the league. Read

Pitmen title hopes dented by defeat

Unibond Premier; Hednesford Town hopes of a title winning season were dealt a lethal blow on Saturday as Eastwood came away from Keys Park with three points in the bag. The East Midlands side now lead ‘The Pitmen’ by four points with two games in hand. Read

Chasetown FC's title hopes hit by defeat

British Gas Business Southern League Division 1 Midlands; Chasetown’s outside chance of winning the Southern League suffered a massive setback as they were beaten 2-1 at home by local rivals Sutton Coldfield Town, writes Paul Mullins. Read

Pitmen slump continues in Cumbria

The Pitmen’s poor New Year league form continued at Kendal Town on a heavy and sticky pitch which only passed an inspection early on the morning of the game. Read

National Sport

Soccer

Latest headlines

Get the latest sport headlines from around the world. Read

Get Involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.