West Midlands (Regional) League
Premier Division
Monday 2nd March 2026
Kick Off 19.45 Actual 19.46
P.S. Olympic 2 Pelsall Villa Colts 2, attendance 64
20’ 0-1
36’ 0-2
39’ 1-2
45’ 2-2
@ The Dell Stadium, 3G Pitch
Bryce Road
Pennsnett
Brierley Hill
DY5 4NE
£4 Admission
No Programme.
A rare Monday night fixture threw up the chance to tick off yet another 3G cage, but at least this one is the regular home venue for the club, once again re-completing this division for me, rather than some random venue borrowed in order to catch up on fixture backlog. I’d seen Oldswinford play on the stadium pitch here back in 1991, with tonight’s game played on a pitch that runs parallel to it, backing on to the stand. Entrance is through the main building, where there’s a refreshment kiosk and toilets, with admission taken from a table set up as you exit to the pitch, which runs lengthways away from here and has the usual spectator area running along three quarters of one side.
The match was 4th versus 10th in the league table and was a game of two halves. All the goals came in the first half, with the visitors squandering a two goal lead. They broke the deadlock with an angled shot that was touched in from close range and doubled their lead with a shot on the turn from 20 yards, that the ‘keeper got a hand to, but couldn’t prevent the shot going in via the post. Six minutes before halftime, a speculative cross/shot from wide on the right sailed over the ‘keeper into the far corner to make it 1-2 and they levelled the scores in the dying seconds of the half, when a cross in from the right was touched in from 6 yards on it’s way into the bottom corner. Olympic hit the crossbar early in the second half and should have won the game a minute from time, when they were awarded a penalty, but it was well saved by the ‘keeper.
Journey up to the Midlands was trouble free, unlike the return. Access from the M42 onto the M40 was closed, meaning a diversion up to the next junction, adding about five miles. Three sections of single lane roadworks (no actual work taking place) were encountered on the M40, followed by closures on the M25 between J15 and J14 and again from J11 to J9.
