In their second pre-season friendly progression was again evident as the women worked well against their opposition from a higher league. Missing some regular older players the Reds began with a younger feel particularly in midfield and up front, with Grace Concannon starting an Open age game for the first time. After some initial nerves the team settled down and an even 25 minutes saw both team have but were unable to convert opportunities, the Reds coming closest when hitting the post.

As lack week the Manager decided to make changes on mass and during the first five minutes of the this change Knowle took advantage and scored twice. The game then settled down and half time was reached with no further score although again Redditch had failed to capitalise on more chances that came their way. The second half saw more chances in both personnel and positions, the team copied well with these and overall was competing in all areas with Knowle.

Both defences came under some period of pressure but neither team looked as if they were to score until the ball was played through to Concannon who was adjudged by the referee to be on-side and calmly passed the ball past the on coming keeper into the corner of the net. Katrina Schultze who was also making her Redditch debut began to settle into her game and showed that although not in her usual goalkeeper position she had desire and work rate to be influential. In an unfortunate incident a Knowle player injured herself, thought at the time to e a possible broken ankle but turned out after hospitalisation to be very badly twisted and sprained, this lead to a imposed delay in the game which Knowle came out of better scoring 2 further goals in the last 10 minutes.

The result itself did not do justice to the way Redditch played and given a more stable side the result would have been much closer. Next game sees Redditch meet Tipton Ladies, again at The Abbey Stadium