9th tier club Highgate United win 12-0 against the league’s worst side after needing a 12 goal swing to make the playoffs.
Incredibly, in what was the final game of the season, Highgate United needed a 12 goal swing against Bewdley Town to make the Midland League Premier Division playoffs, and somehow managed it.
Congleton Town won the division with 81 points from 34 games played, Lichfield were 2nd with 73 points, 3rd place Darlaston with 66, and Stourport in 4th with 62 points.
Battling for that final playoff place was Studley and Highgate, and Highgate managed to overtake Studley, snatching their spot after the 12-0 win on Thursday.
Bewdley meanwhile are bottom of the league, 18th, with 4 points from 33 games played, 1 win, 1 draw, 31 defeats, 16 goals scored, 153 goals conceded, and a -137 goal difference.
In mitigation… Bewdley have not been good… pic.twitter.com/RpZWPqRQhO
— Sanny Rudravajhala (@Sanny_Rudra) April 18, 2024
“83”
Brown scores it’s 12!!!!
BEWD 0-12 HUFC
— Highgate United FC (@HighgateUnited) April 18, 2024
Bewdley 0-1 Highgate – Jake Joseph Collins (1′)
Bewdley 0-2 Highgate – Corey Currithers (45′)
Bewdley 0-3 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (8′)
Bewdley 0-4 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (17′)
Bewdley 0-5 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (40′)
Bewdley 0-6 Highgate – Shay Palmer (47′)
Bewdley 0-7 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (57′)
Bewdley 0-8 Highgate – Joshua O’Grady (63′)
Bewdley 0-9 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (68′)
Bewdley 0-10 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (69′)
Bewdley 0-11 Highgate – Ryan Harkin (78′)
Bewdley 0-12 Highgate – Aaron Brown (85′)
As the scoreline got a huge amount of attention on social media, Highgate manager Terry Anderson hit out a match fixing claims.
@TJA1028 wrote: “The shite am hearing and seeing about match fixing against my lads it’s absolute bollocks!!!! If any1 at the game would of seen!!! To try take that moment away from a group of lads by chatting shit is fuckin bollocks!!! So fuck u all!! UP THE FUCKIN GATE!!!! ⚽️❤️”
The shite am hearing and seeing about match fixing against my lads it’s absolute bollocks!!!! If any1 at the game would of seen!!! To try take that moment away from a group of lads by chatting shit is fuckin bollocks!!! So fuck u all!! UP THE FUCKIN GATE!!!! ⚽️❤️
— Terry (@TJA1028) April 18, 2024
Studley FC tweeted: Congratulations to @HighgateUnited on a huge win and achievement last night. Good luck in the playoffs along with @DarloTown1874FC @StourportSwifts @lichfieldcityfc Some really good people involved in these clubs and we wish all of you the best of luck ????⚽️
Highgate United replied: “Thanks very much Guys, little tweets like this go along way. ????????”
Twitter users reacted after seeing 9th tier club Highgate United win 12-0 against league’s worst side Bewdley Town after needing a 12 goal swing to make the playoffs…
@Onebomb2: Wonder if Ivan Toney had a bet on this ????
@RussellMartin10: Wow, what a result. What odds would you have got on that?
@ChrisCowley11: ???????????? need that VEO gents
@Callum__Parker: Fair play fellas ????????
@lawrence_cairns: Get in there ⚽️⚽️⚽️
@PaulSkillington:
Do you know the only sad thing about this?
There were only 56 there to witness it. ????
Well done lads. ????????????
@JordanL__: FA investigation over as soon as they see Bewdley’s goal difference
@_LewRanks16: SCENES ????????????????
@stujess: This is nuts!!
@TTL_Productions: UP THE GATE
@bobbybrownyo: Madness ????????????
@BrooksyTV: Incredible ????
@worley71: Not dodgy at all.
@AarenCorbett: Absolutely outrageous!
@craigcoburn3: Wow lol
@RuddickGeorge: surely not ????
@GaryHardwi9746: The Bewdley GK dropped everything bar the brown envelope ????
@Jam3sMidd1eton: How much did you pay them lads? Your manager is getting reported for paying off an opponent and hopefully both clubs will be punished by the FA. Absolute corruption from Bewdley and Highgate. Ban both managers for life and kick both teams out of the league @FA #Corruption
@Yawboakye001: @fa what type of scandal is this then
@MarkBilly22: Is match fixing a thing this low down? That seems alarmingly dodgy ????
@jtuk: Alexa, describe match fixing
@rhysgoode1: I actually love non league. Anyone who’s a Sky season ticket holder for a prem club needs to give their head a wobble ????
@sam_mongey: Match fixing in the 9th tier of football is crazy
@LRbix: All I say is wow ????
@thejwp1997: Nothing suspicious about this at all… ????
@alanhazlie: Gutting for Studley, though I do like it from a rhyming perspective that they’ve finished next to Dudley.
@andrew_wcfc: Either Bewdley have played atrociously which isn’t surprising considering the -125 GD heading into this game or there has been some serious match fixing going on, can’t wait for the highlights from this one
@lukew_powell: Could not concentrate on the Apprentice final with this going on ????
@x1llius: And yet apparently the soulless bowls of the premier League are all that matters in football.
@michaellfriel: Needs to win by 12 to get the playoffs win 12-0 ???????????????? I think the nature of the scoreline make it look a bit mental but Bristol rovers vibes needing 7 goals to get promotion and winning 7-0 ????
@Crezzat: Cheers, Studley Fc crying now.
@neilDCFC: Imagine being a Studley fan
@caunce_owen: Brown envelope left in the home changing room
@jackdavies167: Up the gate ????????
@jkanalysis7: This reminds me of a certain game that involves Joey Barton’s Bristol Rovers????
Before kick off pic.twitter.com/lx9AtlSQTl
— Kie Harper (@kieharper1986) April 18, 2024
Studley tonight pic.twitter.com/SY0aTmmnzN
— Sarge. (@SargentPhilip) April 18, 2024
The Bewdley defence as Highgate manage to score their 12th goal of the evening pic.twitter.com/tx86SmlmPL
— You Yeltz! (@YouYeltz) April 18, 2024
