Carlito Williams put both of the hosts’ first-half chances away to cancel out Phoenix Patterson’s 20th-minute opener at Bodymoor Heath.
It was one-way traffic after the interval as we chased the game but we didn’t have the cutting edge to make our control of the contest count. Substitute Noni Madueke did manage to force the ball home five minutes from time but his effort was ruled out for off-side.
There were positives, however, as a handful of Under-16s players impressed on their debuts at this level, while Moroyin Omolabi, one of the more experienced individuals in the side, was influential in stepping out from the back to drive us forward in the second period.