Sat, 28 Feb 2026 • 15:00
SEAH Stadium

Telford

Radcliffe FC
Enterprise National League North
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FULL TIME: Two goal and one clean sheet = three points.

Tyler James' weak header into Gracey's grasp at his right post will be the last action of this game...
Clegg pirouettes this way and that in the box, surrounded by Bucks defenders, it's all a bit Swan Lake in there until a more decisive challenge nudges the ball away and the Bucks clear.
Radcliffe are pushing for a lifeline here, but Rio Clegg's cross from the right of the box is straight into Gracey's gloves.
We'll play a minimum of EIGHT minutes.
No, us neither 🤷🏼♂️

Bucks substitution.
ON: Ricardo Dinanga. OFF: Dylan Allen-Hadley.

Radcliffe substitutions.
ON: Tyler James, Anthony Dudley. OFF: Jordan Hulme, Matt Sargent.

Bucks substitution.
ON: Jimmy Armson. OFF: Remi Walker.
Ammar Dyer adds the second and what a finish! The right wing-back gets his fourth of the season off the underside of the crossbar from the edge of the box, Hewelt beaten decisively.
Ammar-vellous goal!

Big Boro appeals for a penalty for handball are waved away as Gracey grabs the loose ball to safety. Surely they'd have done better trying for the ball and not the spot-kick? They were adamant, in fairness...
Gracey saves again, holding Afuye's hard and low cross-shot from the right as the visitors search for a way back to parity.
Gracey makes a fine save to deny a Boro player from distance, and he doesn't have to make a save from Afuye's follow-up effort, curling in from the right of the box but not fast enough to find the far corner, it goes wide.

Tempers flare!
Boro's Rick Smith is booked for a robust challenge on Walker, and for expressing his annoyance at Smith, Remi is booked too.

Is that a great clearance, or a missed opportunity? Adan George meets a ball into the six-yard box with a header that lacks power, and a Boro defender, Roscoe perhaps, clears off the line with a bicycle kick.

Changes for both teams.
BUCKS: ON: Adan George. OFF: Matty Stenson. BORO: ON: Rio Clegg, Jon Taylor. OFF: David Ball, Brad Jackson.

The Bucks clear the corner at the second attempt, Piggott putting his boot through it.
An inswinging cross from the left is nodded over his own bar by Cawthorne to take it away from Hulme. It's a corner.

Radcliffe substitution.
ON: Kian Scales. OFF: Dan Gardner.
Walker takes Craig's low ball in from the left of the box and shifts it quickly to his right for a shot that's blocked before it reaches Hewelt. At 1-0 this game is still in the balance, you sense the Bucks feel this is their time to try for a second goal.
The Bucks work an opportunity on the left and Craig lofts a cross that DAH leaps to head, possibly taking the ball away from Stenson, who can't beat Hewelt to it as it drops.
Leshabela involved immediately and finds DAH on the move on the left, but the Bucks can't make an opportunity to work Hewelt.

Bucks substitution.
ON: Khanya Leshabela. OFF: Dylan Mitchell.
Some tidy defensive work from Craig to clear to Stenson, who drops deep to collect and turns, then tries to find DAH but misplaces his pass.
Flashpoint, and a Boro booking!
Fletcher tussles with Brad Roscoe as the defender tries to shepherd the ball out, and in the following action, Roscoe appears to lean into Fletcher who staggers backwards. Roscoe gets a yellow card.
Stenson jumps for the free-kick into the box, Cawthorne takes possession and gives it to Matty; his curled effort towards Hewelt, maybe a shot but possibly an invitation for someone to attack the ball, ends in the keeper's arms.
Oof!!
Stenson is taking a battering in the early stages of this half, Smith barrels him to the floor and the Bucks get a free-kick, 15 yards into the Boro half.

The Bucks concede a corner, the six-yard box is packed but Gracey claims the ball above his head in the chaos, and the Bucks release DAH on the left. His pace takes him past Jackson but he stumbles in the box and the moment is gone.
Painful!
Stenson is clattered in a challenge by Sargent and writhes, holding his ankle is clear pain. The Boro man doesn't receive any censure, and after treatment, Stenson will return to the game.
The Bucks hit the front, and it's simple in its execution. DAH escapes on the left, a Boro defender can't stop him and his low ball is stroked, first-time, past Hewelt at his near post by Jamie Meddows.

Meddows... sweet!


We're back in progress...
No substitutions at the break.

HALF TIME: Goalless in a tight encounter at the SEAH Stadium.


Bucks booking.
Alex Fletcher gets a caution for a challenge on David Ball in midfield. Ball was already limping around after going base over apex in a tackle that injured him, but didn't get assessed as a foul.

Close!
The visitors give up possession under pressure in their own box and none of a Bucks trio of Stenson, DAH and Meddows can take advantage, airshots galore!
The Bucks did work a cross in from the throw, but it was too deep, and despite Craig's efforts on the left he can't keep the ball in play.
Boro give up possession and Stenson has the ball put into his path on the right, but Matt Sargent, whose error it was, collides with Stenson and both go down. Bucks fans want a free-kick, they'll get just a throw-in.

Bucks booking.
Dyer wins possession and clear, Afuye is crouched down and there's a yellow card for a foul by Kade Craig in the build-up to that passage of play.

Afuye gets the better of Craig on the Bucks' left and gets into the box, lays the ball into the path of Hulme, I think, and Gracey gets down to his right to push the ball away from goal.
The Bucks shift the ball to their left and DAH has a chance to move infield, but he can't keep possession and then fouls the man taking the ball away.

Gracey makes the punch but it rebounds off someone and wins another corner on the right. It's an inswinger, and goes all the way through with no-one getting a touch, the Bucks get a goal-kick.
Jackson moves infield and advances, finds Greenfield, and he keeps the move going. A cross towards the far post is headed out for a corner, a dangerous moment and another may follow...
Boro having a bit more possession now, but a move breaks down and Mitchell tries to hit Stenson on the move with a direct ball out from his half. A Boro defender tracks him and Hewelt advances to grab the ball to safety.
Ball wins a free-kick after a foul by Dyer, he tries to take it quickly but referee Moss calls it back. They'll take it again, 25 yards out on the left, and they curl it towards Gracey who, under no challenge, catches and falls forward to end the moment.
Cawthorne gets tight to Greenfield on the right and Boro end up with just a throw in. From the resulting play, skipper Jordan Hulme goes down, claims a penalty, but doesn't get one. He does get some catcalls from the Bucks fans, who were sceptical about that...
The visitors are coming into this game a little more, in so much as they're not sitting deep with men behind the ball and are trying to progress up the field, but they're not creating much threat so far.

No threat from the corner, and a foul gives Boro a chance to clear from a free-kick.
Close!
Matty Stenson, quiet so far, takes the ball out of the air on his chest, a cross from the left, and strikes for goal. He's a little off balance and Hewelt gets down to push his shot away to the left for a corner.
Gardner makes a little burst forward and finds David Ball, but his touch allows Dyer to make a tackle and concede a throw. Play developes from the restart but ends with an Afuye shot from outside the box that's still rising as it hits the back of the stand.
Michael Afuye is fouled and the Boro have an attacking free-kick, but Dan Gardner's free-kick is a bit of a shocker and goes straight to Dylan Allen-Hadley, a few yards away. DAH sets off but can't get past Gardner and a recovering colleague.

The visitors' first attacking intent for a while, but it breaks down around the edge of the box and the Bucks are able to clear.

Walker gets, or perhaps earns, a bit of good fortune, surging into the box on the left and looking as though he's muscled out of possession, but two Boro men then contrive to leave the ball behind and Remi takes aim, clearing the crossbar from 15 yards.

Dyer's run on the right forces Brad Jackson to concede the game's first corner. The Bucks take it short, Meddows crosses to the back post and Oliver Cawthorne can't win a header, a Boro defender engaging him in a real grappling match.
Dylan Mitchell is showing some tidy touches in midfield on his home debut, and his ball to Craig finds Kade on the move but he's tackled and his progress is halted.
Rick Smith heads Kade Craig's cross away, the Bucks retrieve and Meddows is urged to shoot with his left from the right edge of the box, it's blocked.
Half the pitch is in bright sunshine as the Bucks try to get their passing game into gear. Ammr Dyer involved heavily on the edge of the Radcliffe penalty area, Remi Walker and Meddows also, but they can't open the visitors up.
Gracey sends another kick downfield, to his right, and Danny Greenfield beats Jamie Meddows to put the ball out with his head for a throw.
We're in progress...
The Bucks kicked the game off and quickly moved the ball back to Josh Gracey, who is defending the goal at the Hamer Leisure Stand end in the first half.
The teams have taken to the field here at the SEAH Stadium, and we're closing in on kick-off...
COLOURS: The Bucks will wear their usual all-white home kit today, with the visitors in blue shirts with a large yellow chevron design on the front, blue shorts and blue socks.
OFFICIALS: Today's match referee is Joe Moss, a @WestRidingFA official, and if he's familiar, he's the son of former @premierleague referee Jon Moss. He's assisted by Daniel Clenton and Aaron Ford. Our fourth official is Luke Bowles.

If you don't have our smartphone app, and obviously we recommend that you do, then you can follow the live text updates on our website also, in the match centre for today's encounter. Here's a link: https://telfordunited.com/live/9D7117BC-E1F5-45BD-84D4-FD13BF65DEF5
TEAM NEWS: Kevin Wilkin makes two changes to the Bucks' starting XI from the team that secured a draw at Oxford City FC in midweek. IN: Ammar Dyer, Dylan Mitchell. OUT: Jimmy Armson, Charlie Williams.

WELCOME: Good afternoon from the SEAH Stadium. 13 games remain in our @NL_Enterprise North schedule, and the Bucks host playoff contenders @radcliffeboro in a 3 pm kick-off; if you can't join us, you can follow events here, on our smartphone app and on our website.
