Coleshill Town FC

WE MEET AGAIN – HIGHGATE UNITED


Coleshill meet possibly their closest, fiercest and definitely their longest rivals, weather permitting, at Pack Meadow on Saturday 6th October.

Highgate were formed in 1948, ironically by a group of orphans from Father Hudson's Homes in Coleshill. They played in the South Birmingham League but in 1964 they joined the then Worcestershire Combination, later to become the Midland Combination, after moving to Tythebarn Lane.

Coleshill Town joined them in the Mid Com's top flight in 1975 and from then the two teams have met every year, apart from 2000/01 when Coleshill dropped into Div 1 for a season, and after all those years of trying, they even made the step up to the Alliance together.

In all Highgate spent 43 seasons in the Mid Com, winning the title 3 times, and playing more than 1600 games, outstripping Coleshill's 32 seasons and nearly 1200 games. Only Walsall Wood, Northfield, West Midlands Police and Knowle, who are all still playing in the Com, could compete with those figures.

In total the two teams have met 76 times, 72 league and four cup matches, with Highgate coming out on top. Indeed, records would suggest Highgate are a bit of a bogey side to Coleshill. In the last 20 meetings Town have only won four times, and even in the year that Coleshill finally lifted the Mid Com Title they lost to the Gate three times (once in the Challenge Cup). On the bright side, that year, after losing to the Gate at Pack Meadow, the Colemen then went on a 12 game unbeaten run to pip Highgate to the championship on the last day of the season.

Neither side have pulled up any trees since promotion to the Alliance and last season was a real struggle for both sides, Coleshill finishing 16th with 14 wins, four places and six points above Highgate in the third from bottom position with 12 wins, a relegation place this season.

This season Coleshill are just two places above Gate with two wins from their 10 games, and Highgate have just the one win from their 9 games.


RESULTS

Scorers indicated where known, many results unavailable.

2011/12
Midland Alliance
Highgate United 3-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Steve Hakner
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... php?t=1013

Coleshill Town 1-1 Highgate United
Scorer: Steve Hakner
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... php?t=1054


2010/11
Midland Alliance
Coleshill Town 1-3 Highgate United
Scorer: Chris Gumery
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=936

Highgate United 0-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Neil Kitching
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=954


2009/10
Midland Alliance
Highgate United 2-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Marvin Johnson.
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=801

Coleshill Town 0-3 Highgate United
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=784

2008/09
Midland Alliance
Highgate United 0-3 Coleshill Town
Scorers: Matt Robinson, Ben Porter, Rob Evans.
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=766

Coleshill Town 0-0 Highgate United
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=724

2007/08
Midland Combination Premier
Highgate United 3-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Matty Robinson
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=630

Coleshill Town 2-3 Highgate United
Scorers: Danny Carter, Matty Robinson.
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=682

Challenge Cup
Coleshill Town 0-2 Highgate United
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=657

2006/07
Mid Com Prem
Coleshill Town 1-1 Highgate United
Scorer: Kevin Wagstaff
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=460

Highgate United 0-2 Coleshill Town
Scorers: Josh McPherson, David Brush.
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=566

2005/06
Mid Com Prem
Coleshill Town 1-2 Highgate United
Scorer: Myrone Levy
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=457

Highgate United 0-0 Coleshill Town
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=362

2004/05
Mid Com Prem
Coleshill Town 1-1 Highgate United
Scorer: Kevin Wagstaff
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=336

Highgate United 3-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Kevin Wagstaff
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=308

2003/04
Mid Com Prem
Highgate United 0-1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Dan Nixon
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=217

Coleshill Town 0-3 Highgate United
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=199

2002/03
Mid Com Prem
Highgate United 2-0 Coleshill Town
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... .php?t=109

Coleshill Town 0-0 Highgate United
http://www.coleshilltownfc.co.uk/report ... ic.php?t=9

2001/02
Home 1-2 Dwayne Mardenborough
Away 2-1 Chris Kavanaugh, Mat Marshall.
Challenge Cup 1-3 Ant McManus

1999/2000
Home 5-2 Ant McManus, Richard Cotter, Ben Usher.
Away 1-0 Mitchell Thompson

1998/99
Home 2-2 Tony Mathews, Ashley Frost
Away 1-6

1997/98
Home 0-4
Away 2-2

1996/97
Home 2-1 Ricky Smith, Mark Charnley
Away 2-1 Mark Charnley, Neil Frost

1995/96
Home 2-3 Loz Cairns, Dave Carmicheal
Away 2-0

1994/95
Home
Away 5-1 Jon Johnson, Jimmy Stafford, Jason Phillips 2.

1993/94
Home 0-1
Away 1-2

1992/93
Home 4-1
Away 2-0

1991/92
Home 2-2
Away 1-2

1990/91
Home 1-0 Malanaphy
Away Tues 16th April 1991 New Information Highgate 2-0 Coleshill
Challenge Cup
Home 1-1 John Taylor
Away Replay 2-3 Rosborough, Hickman

1989/90
Home 0-1
Away Tues 8th May 1990, last game of the season. New Information Highgate 3-0 Coleshill.

1988/89
Home 2-2 Neil Brady, Steve D'Arcy
Away 3-4 Rhodes, Paul Brady, John Taylor

1987/88
Home 1-1 Link New result just added
Away 1-3 McNaught

1986/87
Home
Away

1985/86
Home 2-2 Ian Paul, Mark Harris
Away

1984/85
Home
Away

1983/84
Home 3-1
Away 2-2 Easter Monday 23rd April 1984 New result just added.

1982/83 Unknown
1981/82 Unknown
1980/81 Unknown
1979/80 Unknown
1978/79 Unknown
1977/78 New Information Saturday 27th August Coleshill Town 0-1 Highgate United
1976/77 Unknown
1975/76 Unknown


ALL TIME RECORD

League
P72 W16 D12 L23 F70 A85 + 21 Unknown results.

Cup
P4 W0 D1 L3 F4 A9

All Time
P76 W16 D13 L26 F74 A94

NB. Three results added 24th October 2012. One added 6th Nov 2012. One added 7th Nov 2012