Youth Team Complete Double
On Thursday night at Damson Park, the Youth Team came back from a goal down to win the Midland Floodlit League Cup Final 2-1 over Redditch United. South Division Champions ...
Elvins & Birley Are First Summer Signings
Solihull Moors are pleased to announce our first new signings of the summer. Joining us from Worcester City are defender Rob Elvins (right of picture) and wide player Mathew Birley ...
End Of An Era As Groundsman Retires
At the end of the season, it was announced that Pete Allen was to retire from his role at Solihull Moors. Pete has been an institution, firstly at Moor Green ...
10 Man Moors Finish Season With Point
The visitors brought a large contingent of fans for this last game of the season, most of whom wore fancy dress. The carnival atmosphere was blighted, however, in the first ...
Solihull Steal Centre Stage
No club until now has ever won the Conference North with over 100 points until Chester this year who hit that magic target with five games to spare. Moreover, right ...
Solihull Moors U16s
An excellent first season at Solihull Moors saw the U16s finish a very respectable 8th in the ...
Player Profiles
Omar Bogle Omar was another signing during the close season, joining Solihull Moors from Hinckley United. He started at the Birmingham City Academy appearing for their Reserves when only just 16 years old, and played against the Moors in the Birmingham Senior Cup in 2009. Omar moved to Glasgow Celtic in January 2012 where he featured in their Under 19s team, ... Read more |
Ryan Beswick By the age of 16 Ryan was playing for MK Dons under 16’s before joining Leicester City where he came through the ranks at the Walker Stadium first playing for both Academy and the reserve team with a fair number of goals for both. At the end of the 2008/9 season he signed for Kettering town, but quickly moved onto ... Read more |
Darryl Knights Darryl was a product of the youth system at Ipswich Town and played for England at youth and Under-17 level. He made his debut for the club as a 16 year but moved to Yeovil on a one-year contract in July 2007. He then joined Kidderminster Harriers after a successful loan spell in the summer of 2008. In July 20... Read more |
Tom Kemp Tom signed for Solihull during the recent close season from Brackley Town. His previous clubs include Derby County, Lincoln City, Tamworth, Grays Athletic, Kettering, Cambridge United and Worcester City for whom he was captain. At 6 foot 3 inches Tom is a commanding presence in the defence and particularly dangerous at set pieces. Happy to play ... Read more |
Reece Fleet Reece started his career in the same youth academy team at Birmingham City as Omar Bogle playing in The Premier Academy League. He was released at the close of the 2010/11 season, but as the son of Ex-Oxford City keeper Colin Fleet, it was no surprise that Reece joined City for the start of last season when they won promotion ... Read more |
Lewis Hayden Lewis is a product from last years Solihull Youth team who so impressed manager Marcus Bignot that he has now been elevated to the senior squad and is enjoying every minute. Despite his age, Lewis shows a maturity on and off the field and has quickly been accepted by his team mates as an integral part of the team. A ... Read more |
Karl Broadhurst - Assistant Manager Karl joined Bournemouth at the age of 13,made his debut in 1999/00 season and continued to represent the first team despite numerous broken bones and injuries. He missed the 2005/6 campaign with back problems but regained his place the following season and became club captain. Two very successful years followed at Hereford, including the promotion season to Division 1, aga... Read more |
Junior English At 26, the midfield dynamo is the longest-serving player and founder member for the Moors. He joined Moor Green’s Youth team as a 17-year-old from Solihull College and had further six-month stints at Walsall and Blues where he credits Stewart Hall and Keith Bertschin for teaching him so much about the game. Junior made his first team debut in November ... Read more |
Michael Blackwood Michael began his career as a trainee at Aston Villa in 1998, before joining Wrexham on a free transfer in June 2000, where he made over 45 appearances in two seasons. He dropped into non-league football, playing for Worcester City, Stevenage Borough, Halesowen Town, and joined Telford United in August 2003 where made 35 league appearances. In July 2004, he ... Read more |
Goalkeeping Coach - Darren Acton Darren began his career at Telford as a YTS and made his debut for the club aged 17. He went on to make 120 appearances for the club before moving to Burton Albion where he made 176 starts. He spent a year at Kidderminster, before moving to Tamworth where he had a successful four years including an FA Trophy Final ... Read more |
Danny Spencer Danny joined with Stuart Pierpoint in June 2011 from Nuneaton Town. He has previously also played for Redditch, Oadby and Brackley. Danny had spent just over a year at the Boro having previously been a casualty of the financial problems at Kings Lynn. An ever present in last year’s team, Danny netted 9 times. He gives ... Read more |
Jasbir Singh Following trials for Wolves and Shrewsbury in 2007, Jas joined the Shrews Under 18’s and captained them in the FA Youth Cup when they defeated Newcastle United in 2008. This lead to a one year contract but whilst on loan at Sutton Coldfield, he suffered a serious facial injury which side lined him for 2 months. In the intervening ... Read more |
Gary Birch Gary was our first signing for this season and the 6 foot centre forward comes to Solihull from Chasetown where he made 105 appearances and scored 34 goals. Gary started his career with 4 years at Walsall, before moving on to Kidderminster for the 2004/5 season. It was then on for 2 years at Lincoln City before one ... Read more |
Dior Angus Dior is another success of the Solihull Moors Youth team and the son of former Nuneaton and Rugby Town player Terry Angus. Dior was impressive in last years Youth squad and was regularly amongst the goals. He also honed his skills with spells at Leamington and Banbury Town. A tall, strong goal scorer now ready to step up to playing ... Read more |
Stuart Pierpoint A commanding central defender with excellent heading ability, quite capable of making a nuisance of himself when going forward for corners or set pieces. Joined from Nuneaton Town during the close season where he was vice captain and at the time of his release was the fans leader in the player of the year poll. Stuart suffered a to... Read more |
Dominic Langdon Dom joined Rushden and Diamonds at 13 years old and progressed through the Centre of Excellence and into the youth team. Moved to Tamworth in June 2007 and it was at The Lamb that his career flourished. He was a regular in the team that won the Conference North in 2009, having been voted the “Herald” player of the year in... Read more |
Jay Denny Jay began his career as a trainee with Stoke City and appeared on the first team bench on eight occasions during his time there. Having been born in the US before moving to the UK in 1994, Jay made various appearances for the United States U-17s and U-20s national teams, captaining the U-20 squad on two occasions. Jay then signed ... Read more |
Marcus Bignot - Manager Marcus served his apprenticeship with Birmingham City, had a short spell at Telford United before going to Kidderminster Harriers for a fee of £10,000 in 1996. He was capped for the England C Team, and after 56 appearances moved on to Crewe Alexandra in August 1997 for £100,000. Marcus joined Bristol Rovers in August 2000 and then moved on to... Read more |
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Blue Square News
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Mills wants promotion number threeGary Mills is eyeing a hat-trick of promotions with Boston United after the midfielder signed for the club in the off-season."
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Chester release striker WilliamsChester have announced the departure of striker Marc Williams from the promoted Blue Square Bet North club."
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Heggs parts ways with KnittersHinckley United have announced that Carl Heggs has stepped down as manager of the relegated Blue Square Bet North club."
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Bucks make triple signingAFC Telford United manager Liam Watson has further bolstered his squad ahead of the new season with the acquisition of three more players."
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Hogan makes Cod Army switchLiam Hogan has left Blue Square Bet North play-off winners FC Halifax Town to sign for League Two side Fleetwood Town."
Sky News
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Fellaini: Moyes tough managerEverton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has warned Manchester United's players they will not get an easy ride under new boss David Moyes.
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Hampden calm concerns StokesCeltic striker Anthony Stokes believes the lack of atmosphere at Hampden could thwart the team's chances of winning the double.
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Coentrao eyes Real exitFabio Coentrao looks set to follow Jose Mourinho out of Real Madrid after revealing his unhappiness in the Spanish capital, and is already being linked...
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Fedotovas sets Hearts targetHearts director Sergejus Fedotovas claims a top-three finish in the Scottish Premier League next season is a realistic goal - despite the threat of a...
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Man City reveal trophy targetManchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano has revealed that the Premier League club want to win five trophies over the next five years.
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Nzonzi targets Stoke exitSteven Nzonzi has handed in a transfer request at Stoke, while keeper Asmir Begovic is being linked with Liverpool.
