Coleshill Town 1 v 3 St Neots Town

[Alan Beckett]

Saturday 23rd August 2025
Norther Premier League Midland Division
Coleshill Town 1 v 3 St Neots Town
Scorers:
Coleshill: Taylor Carter-Byrne.
Saints: Harvey Williams, Christian Tavernier (pen), Kieran Barnes.
Attendance: 92.
Supporters Club Man Of The Match: Harry Craven.


Teams:
Coleshill: Cameron Belford, Daniel Brookes, Daniel Gyasi (Ross Evans), Tyreace Brown (Adam McGurk), Harry Craven, Taylor Carter-Byrne, Lukman Darboe, Michael Tait-Moran (Alex McSkeane), Theo Rowe , Ben Usher-Shipway, Cody Mullan (Jack Hallahan). Sub not used: Harry Sweeney.

St Neots: James Goff, Sam Willis, Murphy Culkin, Christian Tavernier, Harvey Henderson (Jessi Obeng), Robbie Parker, Connor Furlong (Josh Francis), Andrian Ankrah, Rhys Thorpe, Kieran Barnes, Harvey William. Subs not used: Romelle Stirling, Brandon Jessop.


NON LEAGUE PAPER WROTE
Saints Alive As Away Win Breaks Duck
St Neots secured their first win of the season with a convincing victory over Coleshill Town. The visitors went ahead in the first half as Harvey Williams found the back of the net on the half hour. They were able to hold onto their lead, going into the break 1-0 up. The Saints were given the perfect opportunity to double the lead minutes into the second half as the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Christian Tavernier calmly convreted his spot-kick. Taylor Carter-Byrne got one goal back in the 72nd minute for Coleshill with an excellent finish. But St Neots were able to resist increasing pressure from the Warwickshire side and Keiran Barnes made sure there was chance of a comeback, scoring St Neot's thirs goal in the 87th Minute.
STAR MAN: Harvey Henderson.
ENTERTAINMENT: ***

MATCH REPORT
Someone once said "Football is a funny old game" and that was definately true for this game. For half an hour Coleshill played some terrific football and but for the visitors back line literally putting their bodies on the line could and should have been three or four up, then in virtualy their first attack, on a break away, Harvey Williams scored for St Neots. To be fair it was a quality move and finish and a rapid counter attack, but Coleshill were committing men forward and were caught short at the back. Two minutes later it could have been two nil as Thorpe hit the bar. Thorpe was a thorn in the home teams defence all game and on 48 minutes he challenged in the box for a crossed ball and went to ground, the referee amazingly pointed to the spot and Taverneir converted. Coleshill upped the intensity in search of a way back into the game and captain Taylor Carter-Byrne stepped out of defence and hit a cracking effort from 20 yards into the net in the 72nd minute, game on! The Saints defended well and there was no way through for Coleshill, then with just a few minutes to go Barnes hit a shot from just outside the box straight at keeper Cameron Belford. Wether the ball moved in the air we will never know but the ball slipped through Belford's hands and into the net, game over. If Coleshill play like this every game this season they will be ok! Just one of those days!