Kidsgrove vs Sutton Coldfield Town – OFF

Kidsgrove Athletic’s league match against Sutton Coldfield Town has fallen foul of the recent cold weather.

Kidsgrove Athletic

Dense freezing fog and lying snow on the Seddon Stadium gave no hope to fans, players and staff – as Peter Ward’s men face their third-successive postponed match.

It has been almost three weeks since Grove beat Belper Town in their last league match, and the side will have their fingers crossed for warmer weather if they are to get their pitch fit for Goole on Saturday (Dec 11).

Nagington’s late-winner seals three points for Newcastle Town

Newcastle Town manager Greg Clowes has stressed that his side’s last-gasp winner in their 2-1 win at Sutton Coldfield Town was deserved.

Alan Nagington

Clowes’s men went 1-0 up on 37 minutes through Daniel Skelton, but looked to be heading to a draw as Sutton Coldfield’s Harry Harris stepped up to level the scores.

But frontman Alan Nagington stepped up to the mark in the 93^rd minute, turning Sutton Coldfield’s centre-back and firing low in the bottom corner.

Clowes said: “It was a deserved result. I felt we created a number of chances throughout the game and we deserved the winner at the end.”

The win keeps Town in fifth-spot and two wins with their games in hand can lift Clowes’s men to third.

Newcastle’s next match is on Tuesday (Nov 16) against Kidsgrove Athletic.

Kick-off is 7.45pm.

Ward disgusted at ‘atrocious’ 1-0 defeat

Kidsgrove Athletic boss Peter Ward described his side’s 1-0 loss to Romulus Tuesday night (Nov 9) as ‘absolutely atrocious’.

The Grove were unable to beat the Sutton Coldfield-based side who sat 20^th before the game.

The defeat moves Ward’s men down to 9^th in the Evo-Stik First Division South with a trip to Loughborough Dynamo’s on Saturday (Nov 13).

Ward said: “We can make excuses for the game, the pitch and missing a number of players but the fact is we played absolutely atrocious.

“I have been here for five years now and that is the worst performance I have seen from the lads.”

Key players Adam Beasley, Tim Sanders and Danny Schwartz were all sidelined as they push for a start at the weekend, but Ward stressed this is no excuse for the result.

He added: “I put out a good enough team to beat Romulus.

“I didn’t see much from them, but they worked a lot harder and wanted the win more than we did.”

Ward is down to a squad size of 13 at the moment and is looking to bring in some players over the coming weeks.

He said: “We have a limited squad, and we need a forward to hold the ball up so I am looking to bring someone in for that.

“We are having a good look around because there are still areas to improve on.”

Kidsgrove boss upbeat despite cup loss

Kidsgrove Athletic manager Peter Ward remained positive despite seeing his side crash out of the Presidents Cup last night (Oct 25).

Athletic lost 2-0 to Sutton Coldfield Town but Ward said he would rather concentrate on the league.

Kidsgrove Athletic via club website

He said: “We rested seven of the lads because I feel we should be concentrating more on the league than all the cups.

“I use these games to give some of the other lads a game and have a look at them.

“We have a number of lads out at the moment so we need to get them fit for the league games.”

Athletic (4^th) travel to Lincoln United (16^th) but Ward will be hampered with a number of injuries for the match.

Danny Smith (calf), Tom Urwin (achilles), Danny Schwartz (hamstring) and Nick Ward (knee) will all be out of contention for Saturday’s clash.

Kick-off is 3.00pm.