Coleshill Town 1 v 2 Racing Club Warwick

[Alan Beckett]

Monday 11th August 2025
Northern Premier League Midland Division
Coleshill Town 1 v 2 Racing Club Warwick
Scorers:
Colemen: Ben Usher Shipway.
R.C.W.: Aaron Opoku 2, 1 pen.
Attendance: 215.
Supporters Club Man Of The Match: Ben Usher-Shipway.


Teams:
Coleshill: Cameron Belford, Dan Brookes, Tyreace Brown, Taylor Carter-Byrne, Harry Craven (Daniel Gyasi), Lukman Darboe (Gio Dainty), Bassit Mandey (Cody Mullan), Theo Rowe, Harry Sweeney (Cameron Gilbert), Michael Tait-Moran (Adam McGurk), Ben Usher-Shipway.

Racing: Samuel Lomax, Ryan Andrews (Cameron Ebbutt), Dylan Barkers, Kyle Barnett, Callum Coyle (Tyrell Skeen-Hamilton), Archie Hamp, Brett Lloyd, Adam Miles, Ryan Moore, Aaron Opoku, Josh Willis. Subs not used: Richard Batchelor, Romario Martin, Chris Mayuba, Tyrell Skeen-Hamilton.


MATCH REPORT
By Ian Pugh
Coleshill controlled the early exchanges but were unable to convert their dominance into goals.

A series of half-chances either flew wide or were met by fine saves from the Warwick keeper, who got down quickly to deny Sweeney from close range.
A misplaced pass led to a free kick deep in our half. The resulting cross to the near post found a Racing Club Warwick player who pounced first to nod home past a slightly wrong-footed Cameron.
Cameron quickly redeemed himself with a superb reaction save from a point-blank effort, keeping the deficit at one as the interval approached.
A brilliant wing run by Coyle set up Opoku, whose trick to knock the ball past Cameron left a trailing leg and earned a penalty. Opoku stepped up to dispatch the spot-kick.

The pattern remained similar after the break, but before Coleshill rallied.
Coleshill pressed for a response and pulled one back courtesy of a moment of magic. Ben Usher-Shipway picked up the ball in his own half, surged down the flank and played a clever back-heel to Sweeney. Sweeney returned the pass, allowing Usher-Shipway to cut inside and curl a stunning strike into the far corner.

Post-Match Reaction
“It was a tough one to take tonight. I thought we were brilliant and dominated the first half. we gave away the ball in 2 bad areas and they punished us,” said manager Harry Harris.He continued, “He was really proud of the team. if Ben had taken the first half chance it would have been a different game. He gave a great finish in the second half. He has been excellent again tonight and is a massive player for us.”“Got to take the positives. Players that came on were excellent as well,” Harris added. “Saturday is the FA Cup against Pershore. It’s a tough game, and we go again. We will stick together.”