Hayes and Villa share spoils as Wulfs win despite red card
Heath Hayes and Pelsall Villa fought out a Bank Holiday draw in front of a healthy crowd at the Coppice.
Pelsall pushed forward early on and forced two fantastic saves from Mark Wiggins.
Joe Pickering went through only to hit the foot of the post, then Dale Faultless saved at point-blank range from Dan Scragg.
The second half went the same as the first with both teams going for that illusive goal. With six minutes left Pelsall had Phillips sent off for what looked a harsh second yellow card.
Hayes had a strong penalty appeal turned down when Hartshorne appeared to be taken down from behind with only keeper Faultless to beat, but in the end a point apiece was probably fair.
Win for Wulfrunians
It was an eventful day for AFC Wulfrunians' match winner Jamie King as he struck two brilliant goals before receiving a straight red card in the second half in an hard-earned 2-1 win over Continental Star.
Wulfs took the lead after just 12 minutes. Rich Palmer was fouled 30 yards from goal and King stepped up to curl a left-footed free-kick just out of Ryan Cheshire's reach into the top corner.
The visitors' best chance of the half came seven minutes before the break.
James Reid threaded a ball in behind the defence for Harvey Smith but he dragged his effort wide from the edge of the area.
King added his second of the game five minutes after the break with a second free-kick. This time Nathan Rose-Laing was the man fouled on the edge of the area, but it was the same result as King fired past Cheshire again.
A penalty offered Continental Star a way back into the game when Darren Green was brought down in the area by Cameron Bridgen and Reid sent Danny Tipton the wrong way to pull a goal back.
Wulfrunians were reduced to ten men when goalscorer King was shown a straight red card.
His poor touch saw the ball run through to the keeper but King caught the keeper as he attempted to jump over him.
Ricky Anslow had the chance to put the game to bed with just five minutes to go. He broke clear down the right hand side and beat two players but his left-footed effort was well saved by Cheshire.
