THE GAME
Hednesford Town v Brackley Town
Enterprise National League North
Keys Park Stadium, Keys Park Road, Hednesford, WS12 2DZ
Saturday 17th October 2026, kick off 3pm.
THE PITMEN
Hednesford go into the game on the back of two successive wins, 4-1 at home to Radcliffe and 1-0 away to then league leaders Hereford where Aaron Jarvis’ second goal of the season was enough to bring back all three points and give The Pitmen their first back-to-back wins of 2026/27.
The Hednesford squad will be bolstered by the return of Omari Sterling-James and Lenni Cirino from international duty, but keeper Sam Hornby was injured in the warm-up at Hereford and had to be replaced by on-loan Will Murdock who went on to make two tremendous saves in the game.
Hednesford have won two of their five home games so far this season, drawing one and losing two. They are in 12th place in the table with 15 points from 11 games having scored 18 goals, a total only bettered by three other teams.
Jamie Cooke leads the way on the goalscoring chart with four followed by Ahkeem Rose with three.
Manager Kelvin Davis said ahead of the game, “We have spoken from the beginning of the season about consistency and our recent results need to be a platform for us to keep improving.”
THE OPPOSITION
Brackley sit in 16th place in the league table also with 15 points from 11 games, but have a GD of -7.
Of those 11 games, six have come at St James Park where they have won three, drawn two and lost just one. Away from home they have picked up only one win, on the opening day of the season, 2-1 at AFC Telford.
They have also drawn once, 2-2 at Chorley and lost three times. Those defeats came at Macclesfield where they went 2-1 down after having two men red carded and two heavy defeats at Buxton and Morecambe where they lost 5-0 and 3-0 respectively.
In September, Andy Whing resigned as Manager after the Morecambe defeat and was replaced by club legend Gareth Dean with Joe Taylor and James Armson as his assistants.
In the five games since the new men took charge, Brackley have won three games, drawn one and lost one.
The Saints leading scorers are Tahvon Campbell and Josh Tomlinson who have three league goals each. Also in the squad will be Charlie Cooper, the son of former Hednesford midfielder Mark who made 24 appearances for The Pitmen in 2000/01, scoring four goals.
LEAGUE FORM (LAST SIX GAMES)
HTFC: W W L W L D – 10 PTS
BTFC: W W L L W D – 10 PTS
PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS
Brackley have visited Keys Park five times since 2009/10, twice at step 3 and three times at step 2. There have been two wins for both teams and one draw.
The Pitmen’s wins came in 2010/11 in the Southern Premier League when Chey Dunkley and Alex Melbourne scored in a 2-0 victory and 4-1 in the then Conference North in 2012/13 with goals from Marvin Robinson, Nick Rushton and Jamey Osborne.
We take a closer look at this game in the matchday programme.
MATCHDAY DETAILS
Admission prices for league games this season at Keys Park are as follows:
Seating: £18 adults, £15 concessions, £8 13-17 years old, £5 under 13s.
Standing: £15 adults, £12 concessions, £5 13-17 years old, £3 under 13s.
All juniors aged 15 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult.
Tickets can be bought in advance on-line through the Fanbase app or at the ticket office on the day of the game.
Turnstiles, ticket office and the Chase Suite open at 12pm. The Everton v Chelsea Premier League game will be shown in the Chase Suite at 12.30pm.
The Club shop opens at 1pm until 2.55pm.
Smoking and vaping is only allowed in the Fanzones behind the Hednesford End and Heath Hayes End. As this is not a designated game, all Boltbars will be open.
Please remember that due to building work there is no parking at Keys Park so please park responsibly elsewhere.
The matchday programme will be available from the programme sellers or club shop priced at £3.
NEXT UP
Spalding United (H), Enterprise National League North.
Saturday 24th October, kick off 3pm.
