Boys under 16s 

West Midlands’ u16 Boys entertained a Staffordshire side who now seem destined to retain their Midland Federation title after this narrow 1-0 victory. They have achieved the double over us this season but in reality there is little between the two sides other than the fact that we simply cannot convert our chances into goals.

West Midlands’ u16 Boys travelled to Merseyside for this ESFA Cup tie, with a place in the last eight of the National cup competition at stake, but they were extremely unfortunate to lose 2-1 in extra time despite a fine finish from Caiden Turner.

West Midlands’ u16 Boys were back at Castle Vale hoping to atone for their narrow defeat in Staffordshire in their opening league fixture, but again nothing seemed to go their way and Shropshire always looked in control once they had scored the opening goal. Indeed, our opponents fully deserved their eventual 2-0 margin of victory and they seem capable of mounting a real challenge to Staffordshire for the title.