Added 30th September 2008

> FA Cup match preview: Rothwell Town v Chasetown

Tuesday 30th September : kick off 7.45pm

FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round replay

The Bones again take on Chasetown this evening in this FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round replay, after the sides could not be seperated in Saturday's 1-1 draw. The teams are battling it out for a place in the 3rd Qualifying Round and an away tie with either Evesham or Nuneaton on Sat 11th October.

Tom Smith and Stewart Marshall return to the squad for tonight's game, which kicks off at 7.45pm.

Rothwell from: Malong, Wilkinson, Hackett, Burrows, Glass, R Koriya, F Koriya, Byrne, Difante, Marlow, Maddox, Flannigan, Marshall, Sneddon, McInally, Bridgeford, Graham, Cerrelli.

Added 30th September 2008

> Youth round-up (Sat 27th Sept)

U16s:

Oxford City 1 - 5 Rothwell Town

Rothwell earned their first points in the Midland Premier League with a convincing performance against Oxford City a hat-trick from Stuart Reid supported by further goals from Nduka Kemjika and Daniel Maia made for an enjoyable journey home.

U15s:

Pilkington 2 - 3 Rothwell Town. More info to follow...

U14s:

Oxford 1 - 0 Rothwell Town

Added 29th September 2008

> FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round draw

The winner of tomorrow's replay will play away against the winner of the Evesham v Nuneaton tie on Sat 11th October 2008.

Full 3rd Qualifying Round draw can be found here.

Added 28th September 2008

> FA Cup tie goes to a replay

The two sides could not be seperated yesterday as this FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round game away at Chasetown finished 1-1. Rothwell led at the half-time interval when a Martin Flannigan header was diverted in by Chris Difante on 40 minutes, but the home side hit back through striker Dean Perrow five minutes into the second half to take it to a replay back at Cecil Street on Tuesday (30th Sept) with a 7.45pm kick-off.

Match report can be found here.

Added 26th September 2008

> FA Cup match preview: Chasetown v Rothwell Town

Saturday 27th September : kick off 3pm

FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round

The Bones travel to last season's surprise non-league team in the FA Cup tomorrow - Chasetown - with the target to progress a place in the 3rd Qualifying Round. Rothwell have knocked out Hullbridge Sports and Waltham Abbey to reach this round. However, Martin Flannigan's winner at Waltham Abbey is the only goal the Bones have scored in the last four games.

Manager Rob Dunion: "Our issues have been the same since day one. We've got strikers capable of scoring 20-plus each. We just haven't been able to put the ball in the back of the net.

"They have been starved a little of service in fairness to them. As they say, a well-oiled car always goes well."

"We might only get a few chances tomorrow and we will need to take them. We're definitely looking forward to it."

Those wishing to make the trip, can find travel details here.

Goalkeeper Tom Smith and defender Danny Pownell are unavailable. But youth-team pair Chris Graham (defender) and Michael Cerrelli (midfield) have been called up to get a taste of the magic of the FA Cup.

Rothwell from: Malong, Wilkinson, Hackett, Burrows, Glass, R Koriya, F Koriya, Byrne, Difante, Marlow, Maddox, Flannigan, Sneddon, McInally, Bridgeford, Graham, Cerrelli.

Added 25th September 2008

> FA Youth Cup: RTFC 1 - 3 Cranfield Utd

Rothwell Town u18s bowed out of the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday after Cranfield Utd won 3-1 at Cecil St.

Rothwell had a good first 10 minutes before Cranfield started to dominate possession with a strong experienced midfield and centre halfs that stopped Rothwell’s play and created a lot of pressure on the Rothwell defence.

Two goals in quick succession after 30 mins by Cranfield could have seen an end to the tie but the youngsters fought a spirited comeback in the last 5 of the first half with a penalty claim turned down on a goal line clearance.

The second half was a different story, with it totally dominated by Rothwell. After 15 mins, Cranfield had a long range effort that lobbed Liam Waddy against the run of play.

However, the lads did not let the 3 -0 margin phase them and carried on attacking with Callum Bowyer finally pulling one back, followed by another penalty appeal, hitting the bar and a goal line clearance as well as missed opportunities. The Cranfield side held out to the final whistle.

Manager Antony Owen: “Even though the result went against us there shouldn’t have been a spectator who walked away unhappy, they had witnessed a superb game of exciting football from both teams. The youngsters will continue to grow into the U18 level and we would hope by the end of October they will be more than a match for any side”

Apologies to Dale Reece for missing him off the programme.

Home to Whitworths next Wednesday, Jim McInally could do with a few volunteer helpers on the night to assist him, give him a ring and ask what you can do to help.

Added 23rd September 2008

> New gear for u18s tonight

Rothwell Town under 18’s will be turning up to their FA Youth Cup clash with Cranfield Utd in their new tracksuits and sports bags sponsored by Mineral Star Construction Ltd.

The match kicks off at 7.45pm at Cecil St.

Added 22nd September 2008

> Marlow 2 - 0 Rothwell Town

BGB Division One Midlands

Rothwell Town returned from the Thames Valley still without a league win under their belts this season.

But, despite the final result, for most of the first half they were the dominant force. Read more>>

Added 22nd September 2008

> under 14's just shaded in seven goal thriller at Cecil St

Rothwell Town 3 - 4 Pilkington

Both teams started brightly in this Midlands Junior Premier League game. Rothwell Town took the lead with a goal from 20 yards from Mason Thomas only for Pilkington to equalize. Rothwell regained the lead before half time with Mason Thomas' second goal. Pilkington restored parity again before Jack Marriot slotted Rothwell back in front.

In the remaining minutes the strength and pace of Pilkington ensured they scored twice ensuring they ended the match 4-3. Pilkingtons goals came from Zack Wahab, James Davies and 2 from Bhagvir Lally.

Added 19th September 2008

> Match preview: Marlow v Rothwell Town

Saturday 20th September : kick off 3pm

BGB Division One Midlands

Travel information can be found here.

Added 17th September 2008

> Race Night CANCELLED

Tonights scheduled Race Night has been cancelled, due to illness. It has been moved to October 17th. All of those with tickets for tonight can use the tickets for the new date or have a full refund.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Added 17th September 2008

> Rushden & Diamonds 2 - 0 Rothwell Town

Blue Square Premier side Rushden & Diamonds came out 2-0 victors in this Northants FA Hillier Senior Cup tie, with a goal scored in each half.

The Bones were up against a fairly strong Diamonds side, with summer signing Daryl Clare and Michael Rankine playing up front.

Despite Rothwell's efforts, it was the home side who secured the win in this game which was switched to Nene Park - with Rushden kindly giving all of the gate receipts to Rothwell.

Added 16th September 2008

> Match preview: Rushden & Diamonds v Rothwell Town

Tuesday 16th September : kick off 7.45pm

NFA Hillier Senior Cup

Match sponsor: Kettering Dog Training Club

The Bones take on Rushden & Diamonds tonight at Nene Park in the Hillier Senior Cup. The match will be played on the main pitch and it would be great to see a number of fans making the short trip to support the lads in such facilities.

Admission prices are £5 and £2. The matchday programme is £1.50

Manager Rob Dunion has a full squad to choose from tonight, but with half an eye on Saturday's match so no player with an injury will be risked.

Added 16th September 2008

> AFC Sudbury game re-arranged

Due to the teams involvement in the FA Cup, the home game vs AFC Sudbury has been re-arranged for Tues 21st October.

However, should both teams be defeated in the FA Trophy it will be played on Sat 18th October.

Added 16th September 2008

> u18s come unstuck at Corinthians

Rothwell Corinthians 5 - 1 Rothwell Town

The lads gave an excellent first half performance and were unlucky to be 1-0 down at half time after missing 3 good chances. With both central midfielders struggling, both were replaced within a couple of minutes of the restart.

Corinthians came out of the blocks far better than ourselves with more passion, strength and experience and within 10 minutes we were 4-0 down. We began to relax and started to battle back pulling 1 back through Dale Reece (pictured right) with a 20 yard chip, Town created another couple of good chances before Corinthians added the 5th with the best goal of the night.

Manager Antony Owen said: "The lads have now realised after 3 games that they need to take responsibility for their own performance especially in the second half. "

" On to the FA Youth cup Tuesday next week [at home to Cranfield Utd], let's hope the town can drum up a crowd to support the youngsters especially through the second half and see if we can duplicate the first teams fine run. "

Added 15th September 2008

> FA Cup draw

Rothwell Town have been drawn away to Chasetown in the FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round.

The tie will be played on Sat 27th September, which means the AFC Sudbury (h) league game will be re-arranged.

The full draw can be found here.

Added 14th September 2008

> u14's open with a win

Saturday also saw the long awaited first competitive match for Rothwell Town Youth under 14's squad.

For the first match Rothwell travelled to Bristol to play Jamie Shaw Soccer International. Both teams created a few half chances before Ryan Finnegan took control of the ball outside of the area, rounded 3 of the JSSI defence and coolly slotted the ball past the JSSI keeper. Both teams continued to create and JSSI equalised through Jordan Scaffe.

A few minutes later Rothwell continued to press and the ball rebounded to the edge of the JSSI box and Mason Thomas drilled the ball into the bottom corner from 18 yards. The scoreline remained the same til half time.

In the second half Rothwell took control of the match and on another day would have converted numerous other goal-bound opportunities, but the JSSI keeper was in fine form to ensure the score-line remained 2-1.

WELL DONE LADS!

JSSI 1 - 2 ROTHWELL TOWN YOUTH UNDER 14s
Jordan Scaffe Ryan Finnegan (1), Mason Thomas (1)

Added 14th September 2008

> Bones progress in F.A. Cup

Rothwell beat Isthmian League First Division North side Waltham Abbey 1-0 yesterday in the F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round.

You can read a report of the match here.

The draw and date of the 2nd Qualifying Round fixture will be announced on here when known.

Added 12th September 2008

>Coach for Waltham Abbey

Meet at the Club House 10:45 (departing 11.00 prompt).

Some seats available (only 6 reserved last weekend + committee) on a first come first served basis.

£7 per person paid on the day.

Added 12th September 2008

> Match preview: Waltham Abbey v Rothwell Town

Saturday 13th September : kick off 3pm

F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round

The Bones travel to Essex tomorrow to take on Isthmian League First Division North side Waltham Abbey in the F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round.

For those supporters wishing to follow the lads on the road to Wembley you can find directions to Waltham's ground - Capershotts - here.

Team news:

Liam Nicell is not in the squad for tomorrow, but will be with us for a month to gain match fitness. Mark Burrows and Kev Byrne both return to squad. Stewart Marshall is missing with a knee injury. Michael Boyle-Chong is a couple of weeks away from returning.

Squad: Smith, Malong, Hackett, Wilkinson, Burrows, Pownell, Flannigan, Marlow, F Koriya, Glass, Difante, Byrne, Bridgeford, McInally, Brown, Cirelli, Graham.

Added 12th September 2008

> Reminder: Race Night next week - Fri 19th Sept

£3 entry, door opens @ 7.30pm, races start @ 8.00pm
Sponsor A Race £10
Sponsor A Horse £2
To arrange sponsorship, e-mail programme@rothwelltownfc.com
For tickets please see a committee member.

Added 11th September 2008

> u18s get three points on the board with Corby Town win

Rothwell Town u18s last night got their first points in the league with a 3-0 over Corby Town. With scores level at 0-0 at half-time, Dave Keefe (left) was introduced as a 55th min sub and then scored in 60th. Chris Nimmo (right) then added a second before Kyle Locklin completed the scoring with a solo run.

With a further signing last night and a 7-day in for Jordan Henson, the team now only requires a second keeper to replace MK Dons-bound Ashley Harrison to complete the squad.

Added 8th September 2008

> u18s ace gets MK Dons chance

Rothwell Town u18s goalkeeper Ashley Harrison has been offered a scholarship by MK Dons.

Harrison is the fifth player from Antony Owen's squad of born 91/92 at Earls Barton who has been given a football scholarship, and the first of his time at Rothwell Town.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Ashley and we wish him good luck with his future.

Added 8th September 2008

> Match report: Rothwell Town 0 - 0 Malvern Town

Match report available here.

Added 5th September 2008

> Pitch update (7.30pm Fri)

The groundsmen have been up today and the water is draining away ok, so unless it's a really bad night it should be fine and playable for tomorrow's game.

However, the u14s and the u16s have not been so fortunate - both their opening games of the season tomorrow have been called off.

Added 4th September 2008

> NFA Hillier Senior Cup

Our 'home' Senior Cup tie will now be played on Tuesday 16th September (subject to no F.A. Cup Replay) on the main pitch at Rushden.

Match entrance costs will be £5 and £2.

Programme cost will be £ 1.50.

Added 4th September 2008

> Match preview: Rothwell Town v Malvern Town

Saturday 6th September : kick off 3pm

Rothwell Town manager Rob Dunion will be looking to build on the previous two unbeaten matches by bagging all 3 points against Malvern Town who start the day in a similiar vein to ourselves.

Dunion: "Taking away the well documented result from last Saturday's F.A. Cup tie, it didn't hide the fact that we are still as a team performing well below par. I will be looking for a more polished performance from the team this week and it's important again that we look for another clean sheet. "

Stewart Marshall, Rashid Koriya and Liam McInally will all return to the squad after lengthy injuries with Peter Sneddon, Gary Kennedy (hols) and Michael Boyle-Chong (ligaments) all missing out.

Ben Greasley has been loaned to Desborough for a month to improve his match fitness.

Rothwell from: Malong, Smith, Hackett, Wilkinson, Glass, Burrows, Flannigan, Pownell, Bridgeford, Marlow, Difante, Byrne, F Koriya, R Koriya, McInally, Marshall.

Added 3rd September 2008

> Youth players rewarded

Youth players Michael Cirelli (midfielder) and Chris Graham (left back) were both signed on Southern league forms last night after both have shown some excellent ability and attitude in their short time at Rothwell.

Manager Rob Dunion said that its important that the youth of the club is rewarded for its hard work and was confident that under the leadership of Antony Owen more players will make the step up before the end of the season to the senior squad.

Added 3rd September 2008

> F.A. Cup

Waltham Abbey beat Potters Bar Town 1-0 last night in their Preliminary Round replay to set up a home tie against Rothwell Town.

This F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round game will be played a week on Saturday (Sat 13th Sept) with a 3pm kick-off.

Added 2nd September 2008

> Tonight's friendly OFF

The friendly that had been arranged for the Youth team tonight has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

It had been hoped the likes of Rashid Koriya, Liam McInally and Tom Smith would be able to use the game to get some minutes under their belts.

Meanwhile, Potters Bar Town go to Waltham Abbey tonight for their replay to determine who will host The Bones in the F.A. Cup 1st Qualifying Round on Sat 13th Sept.