Match Preview | Redditch United (H)

By Ben Ditchfield | 13 October 2025 | Comments Off on Match Preview | Redditch United (H)

Halesowen face off in a local derby against Redditch United with a chance at ending the day in the top 5 in sight

Head to Head

The two clubs have met 42 times since the start of the 1970’s, in which the Yeltz have won 17 (40%). We won just one of 12 meetings between the two from 1970-1988, but the won three in four from November 1988 – November 1989. Our most successful run in the last 50 years against Redditch, came from 1997-2003, where we won five of six contests. The dry patch we went through throughout the 1970’s and 80’s has crept back in, as since 2006, we have won just three of the 11 most recent contests, two of which in the last two meetings. We have lost just once in the four games we have played against the Reds under the management of Russ Penn.

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Team Overview

In goal for Redditch, new man Tyrese Warmington has started all 10 league games. The 18 year old in his first season of senior football featured for the Birmingham City Academy last season, and will return to his parent club at the end of the month.

At right back, Joel Shambrook has started eight of their 10 league outings. The 20 year old was on loan at the Reds in the second half of last season from Solihull Moors, and made 13 appearances, before returning to Mike Fowler’s side this summer permanently. Fellow right sided fullback Jimmy Richardson has started one of his four league games this season, and signed in the summer after a trial spell in pre-season after his departure from Solihull Moors.

Centre half is one of the few positions the Reds lack a large amount of squad depth. Two centre halves, Aaron Roberts and Joe Hull have departed after arriving just a few months back. 32 year old Roberts left for Bromsgrove after starting Redditch’s first five league games, while ex-Yeltz man Hull departed three days ago, after nine successive league starts. In their absence, former Yeltz academy prospect Dexter Dudley-Toole will most definitely start, having started all 10 of Redditch’s league games, while new acquisition Max Ram will likely start alongside him, like he did at the weekend. The latter who returned to Redditch where he made 17 league appearances at the start of last season, and re-joins after leaving National League North Leamington.

At left back, summer arrival from step 4 Racing Club Warwick, Harry Eden, has started four of his eight league appearances. The left sided defender featured 26 times, 24 of which starts, at the beginning of last season for step 5 Studley, before making 16 for RC Warwick. 6 foot 7 and a recent arrival from Bedworth United two weeks ago, Ben Richards, has had one solitary appearance off the bench. The 27 year old make two appearances for Bedworth at the start of the current campaign.

In the midfield, attacking midfield and summer arrival from National League North King’s Lynn Town, Matt Warburton, has started eight league games this season after making 11 step 2 appearances last season. Ex-Yeltz duo Reece Flanagan and Robbie Bunn have started nine and six league games this season respectively, while Aram Soleman who missed the whole of last season through injury has started seven league games. Summer arrivals Liam Loughlan, Morgan Owen, and Max Martin have started four, one, and three league games this season respectively. Loughlan signed from step 4 Long Eaton United, of whom he featured 40 times, while Owen and Martin signed permanently from Solihull, both of which featured on loan at Redditch towards the end of last season, Owen 11 times and Martin six times. The final midfielder, Will Fielding, has made three appearances off the bench this campaign.

In the forward line, left sided winger Fabian Reynolds has scored once in five substitute appearances in this league season. Summer arrival from Rushall Olympic Danny King, who can play as a centre forward and attacking midfielder has started all 10 league games, scoring the once. A fourth former Yeltz man Alex Cameron has started all eight league games he has played in, scoring four goals, while youngster Tyler Bruck who spent time at AFC Telford United last season has started six. Squad players Leo Wood has four league appearances off the bench this season, Omari Brown has one solitary substitute appearance, while Max McNulty who had a 1 in 2 goal ratio for step 4 RC Warwick last season has three sub appearances.

Statistical Insight

Halesowen

  • Only Bishop’s Storford (14), Harborough Town (13), and Spalding United (11) have scored more second half goals this season in the Southern Premier Central than our 8.
  • Only Bishop’s Stortford, Quorn & St Ives Town (4) have scored more goals this season in the Southern Premier Central in the 15 minute period after half-time than our 3 goals.
  • Only Kettering Town (9) have won more points from losing positions this season in the Southern Premier Central than our 4. 
  • Only Harborough Town & Bishop’s Stortford (69), Kettering Town (56), Quorn (53), Spalding United (51), and Alvechurch (38) have spent more days in the top 5 of the Southern Premier Central than our 14 Days (as of 14 Oct).

Redditch

  • Only Quorn, Kettering Town and Banbury United (9) have scored more first half goals in the Southern Premier Central this season than Redditch’s 8.
  • No other side in this season’s Southern Premier Central have scored more goals in the 15 minute plus stoppage time period before half-time than Redditch’s 4 goals.
  • Only Barwell (28) have picked up fewer points in the Southern Premier Central in 2025 than Redditch’s 32 points.
  • Only AFC Sudbury (5) have had more games in the Southern Premier Central this season without a second half goal away from home than Redditch’s 4.

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