In what feels like a marathon of a season Redditch's last game proved a bit of a rollercoaster. The Reds started in fantastic style crafting a simply through  ball for Lingham to run onto and pass into the net past the Solihull keeper.

Other chances came Redditch's way, a deft lob from Lingham saw the ball clear the keeper but bounce off the hard pitch just over the bar, other shots either just went wide or hit towards the keeper who was able to gather.

It wasn't long though before Leroux picked up the ball and cutting in from the left fired over the keeper in to the net. At this point it seemed that Redditch may go on to win the game comfortably but despite still creating more chance were unable to add any more to their total before the break. Solihull also created a few chances seeing their shots going wide of the mark.

The second half Redditch again had the upper hand although the game had lost some of it's structure and Solihull were unfortunate not to score when Grigg was beaten but Elaine Frampton pulled off a super goal line clearance. Motivated by this Solihull continued to press and were rewarded with a goal.

The re-arranged defence never appeared settled and changes made to try and get all players to have an involvement obviously had an affect, however Redditch still missed several clear cut chances to settle the game, however this was to be as a result of a handball by a Solihull defender and the resultant penalty was hammered home by Perkins.

It then looked like the fight had gone out of Solihull but Redditch were their own worst enemies again and poor control in midfield allowed Solihull to regain possession and breakaway, then half hearted defending allowed the Solihull striker to turn and run towards goal resulting in a good strike that was to go for Grigg to get to. Redditch still had time to miss two further golden opportunities to score before the final whistle rounded off a disappointing second half but with the prize of finishing at least a creditable fifth in the league in their first year in the Premier Division.

All players should be proud of their achievements this season which saw the value of having depth to the squad. Only one player played in all games and with the rules changing next season back to straight substitutions, removing the roll on / roll off option, the importance of having available players who are fit will be all the more important.

Thanks also go to all those families, friends and other players who have come and supported the team over the season. Hope to see you again next year, and to the Club's Committee as without their efforts the Club would not be run.