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Dale bring in two

Tividale manager Ross Hill has signed two more players as he looks to build a squad to challenge for the West Midlands Premier Division title.

Striker Luke Reynolds returns for his third spell at the club after most recently being at Oldbury United.

The tall front man has also had spells at Willenhall and Bromsgrove Rovers.

Another player arriving at The Beeches is Michael Forrester, a midfielder who has been snapped up from Midland Football Alliance side Cradley Town.

The duo are bound to be called upon with matches coming thick and fast for Tividale at the moment.

They were due to travel to in-form Shifnal Town on Tuesday in a battle of two of the teams likely to be among the top sides come the end of the season in the WMRL Premier.

Then on Saturday they have the borough derby at home Dudley Sports before welcoming Coventry Copsewood for a first round tie in the Birmingham Midweek Floodlit Cup next Tuesday.

Tividale will go into the flurry of games on the back of a 4-2 victory over Bromyard Town last Saturday in a match which saw striker Dave Brown continue his remarkable scoring run at the start of the season.

Brown bagged a hat-trick in the victory meaning he has now found the back of the net 17 times in 15 games so far.

They went ahead, possibly against the run of play, with Brown's first of the match from close range but the visitors were level shortly before the interval thanks to a strike from Tommy McLean.

It was 2-1 on 55 minutes through Brown again and he completed his hat-trick with a cross-shot.

Bromyard were never out of the game and Rob Woodward's fierce effort reduced the arrears with 20 minutes remaining.

But Tividale eased their nerves with a penalty kick from Adam Checketts who converted from the spot following a foul on Stewart Marshall in the area.