The "Claret and Blues" position in the Third League table is still precarious, and unless something is done they will end up in a worse position than last season. It is obvious the forwards are at fault. They show a surprising lack of finish, and points galore have been dropped as a result. For some weeks now the same team has been kept together, but there has been little if any improvement noticeable, and the time has arrived for a change to be made. There is little to be gained by playing the same men week after week when they are obviously of poorer quality than several men figuring in the reserve team. Of course, it would be an honour to secure the championship of the Birmingham Combination, and no doubt the directors have been loth to upset the side which has been doing so well, but, after all, the club’s standing in the Third League is of far more importance than even the winning of the Combination fight. Tetlow is probably the most discussed player of the team at the moment, and many followers are wondering why he has not been given a further trial with the senior side.

He made fourteen appearances in the first fifteen games, but in only seven matches did he appear in his correct position at inside-right. Since the end of November he has not been given the chance of appearing in the senior jersey, but the management could have done far worse than give him another run, particularly in view of his improved form with the reserve team. His general play, apart from his marksmanship, has fully entitled him to promotion. In the last ten games he has credited himself with 14 goals, and his play has been consistent. Perhaps it is a matter the directors will consider.

Albert Tetlow, Stalybridge Celtic’s inside right, has signed for Notts Forest. Tetlow is an Ashton youth and learned his football with New Moss Colliery. He joined Celtic in the season 1918-19 as an amateur and made such rapid headway that he signed professional forms. In the next two seasons he was one of the best and most promising young forwards in the Central League. An injury to his knee against Buckley United, at Buckley, on November 20th 1920, in a Football Association cup tie, checked his career, and kept him out of the team for nearly twelve months. He resumed against Rochdale on November 12th 1921, the match in which Walter Barton, the Celtic full back, met with severe injuries to his leg. During the remainder of that season, Tetlow scored eleven goals, eight for the first team.

Having captured two points at Lincoln on Good Friday, Walsall again took both points from their opponents at Walsall yesterday, but it was a match which was marred by a great many offside stoppages.

The referee, Mr. A. H. Kingscott, of Long Eaton, was particularly strict in this respect, and the crowd, which numbered 4,193, often showed its annoyance.

Lincoln had their strongest side out, Walsall, having had Boswell and Burrill, two forwards, injured during the weekend tried Tetlow and "Teddy" Groves, two reserve players in the team.

From the start the superiority lay with Walsall, who were, time after time, within an ace of scoring, but Sissons (W.) did good work in goal, and Groves, who found the net with a clever, low drive from the left wing, was penalised for offside, and the goal not allowed.

The two goals, both scored by Tetlow, the ex-Notts forward, were obtained in quick succession just before half-time.

In the first instance Groves, in a tussle with one of the backs, managed to push the ball to Tetlow a few yards away, and the latter put it through goal with a pretty drive, and then he headed another goal from a centre put over by Duggins.