Malthouse 2 vs 2 Darlaston Athletic

<p>Despite a breezy morning in Willenhall, a few old favourites turned up to flavour the revitalized spirit in the camp . Ageing gigolo Wes Felton skipped across the estate to watch and our demanding pre season fitness coach Muttley Moore showed &nbsp;up in the desperate hope that we had found some shorts big enough for him to get a game . Walsall - Birmingham City old boy Martin O Connor even put in an appearance (pencil and notepad at the ready) , with Halesowen Town obviously looking for a new manager and Barrington wondering when Darlo are going to offer him a 3 year deal with perks. "Blustery conditions prevailed across the Midlands" according to Sky weather girl Nasaneen Ghaffar (i would) and the Darlo Ghaffar was forced into several changes . Rick(suspended) forced a change in keeper and with Mitch taking his paternity leave too far , Skipper Gaz Holder stepped smoothly into midfield. Rude Boy Antwon slid (too much baby oil) almost un noticed onto the bench to allow Squizz a start alongside Colin up top. The Furzebank Gale blew across the plains of Willenhall to lead to unforced errors on both sides , but the gap in the league table was not evident on the pitch as both sides had chances . Our left sided players were having a torrid time as they struggled to put a productive move together and Baz bought on Ash at half time to help us retain possession a little. On the hour Gaz released Colin into a long run , Col still had lots to do but he outpaced the defence and rounded the &nbsp;keeper before putting us 1-0 up ;the chavvy &nbsp;goalie threw his burberry cap off in disgust . We kept a grip on the game for a while but it was the home side who equalized &nbsp;when Ben misjudged a swirling hoof forward &nbsp;. The space created by the slip up allowed the Malthouse player to zip a low ball in which was met at the far post to put them level . Malthouse came &nbsp;at us and after a fine series of defensive blocks from Dan in goal and Ash Knight , the home side thought they had sealed victory when they went ahead. A month or so I reckon that would have been goodnight Vienna but we never gave up and even the Silver Fox became animated on the line , big Hickers having to calm me down a bit . The game had opened up by now and both teams were launching attacks . Squizz had a goal disallowed for offside , but as Acker got in a cross from the left , our cherub faced fanny magnet Ben Wilson grabbed a cheeky equalizer 2-2 . Even then both sides had chances to snatch the points . Tom Brettle had to limp off after a tremendous effort up and down the flank and Luke Lloyd almost put through the Squirrel for a winner . But it was not to be .. a draw not a bad result at Malthouse who always give us a good honest game . I'll settle for that showing boys ..at least we are showing a bit of bollocks now and not rolling over . Halesowen Town: Next manager Betting : EVENS: BJ Plant . 5-1 Craig Sheldon &nbsp;20-1 Steve Clarke &nbsp;50-1 Zinedine Zidane 100-1 Anton 5000-1 Bert