FOLLOWING THE SALTMEN

Worcestershire County Cup

07 October 2025

The Saltmen marched through to the next round of the County Cup after an impressive 2-0 win over Step Four SC Inkberrow at Kingys on Tuesday evening.

Spa were the front runners from minute one. The ever alert Perry Moss was first to react to a ball in behind the Inkberrow back four, beating keeper Tom Nicholls to to the ball and neatly tucking it home put Spa one up in as many minutes.

Droitwich controlled large parts of the first period, with Charlie Tilley seemingly everywhere, recycling ball and pushing the side forward. Inkberrow were reduced to one free header blazed over the bar from a well worked set piece. Spa keeper Dom Rogerson also made a couple of tidy saves to keep his part of the bargain. Tireless work from James Lemon, leading the line by example, resulted in the visitors’ back four having little opportunity to put a foot on the ball and assess their options, and were constantly harried into mistakes by the Spa skipper.

There was to be no let up after the break and following a period of sustained pressure Pez recorded his second goal. The effervescent Saltman collected a deep Nathan Binner cross before deftly chipping the ball over the desperate Inkberrow rear guard.

With Spa two up, it was left to the excellent Tom Nicholls to restrict them to the Moss double and keep the scoreline respectable. The Inkberrow stopper made a string of three or four top class saves to frustrate the buoyant Droitwich attack.

An entertaining game drew to a close with Spa thankful for their own number one, Dom Rogerson who also had a good shift. Demonstrating some exemplary glove work, the big lad from the North East kept another clean sheet while making the job look easy with his confident handling. On most weeks, this would be enough to secure the much coveted Following The Saltmen Man of the Match award but on this occasion it has to go to skipper James Lemon. His quality and work rate made him a real nuisance to the visitors’ defence, to such an extent that he must have drawn more fouls in one game than in the rest of the season put together; further proof that age and guile are better than

youth, a silly haircut and colourful boots!

The reward for all this hard work is another home tie against Worcester Raiders on Tuesday, 11 November.

See you there.

Cheers

FTS