Added April 25th 2007 -

Rothwell Town 1 - 2 Cinderford Town

Prior to this Division One Midlands clash, Rothwell Town boss Alan Biley had called for his team to show a positive attitude and put in a performance of character. He got his wish in the second half as the Bones showed some appetite for a battle. Unfortunately, so lifeless was their first half showing, they left themselves too much to do in the second 45 minutes.

One of the principal reasons for that was the inept display of referee Mr Field who handed out six yellow cards but still missed countless other niggly fouls as Cinderford, literally, got pushy. However, not even Mr Field could be blamed for the Rothwell defending that gifted the visitors their two first-half goals.

On 10 minutes the home side stood and watched as Greg Lewis scuffed home from a corner. Nine minutes later, Ben Gascoyne was left unmarked at the far post and his downward header was diverted into his own net by Michael Boyle-Chong. Despite their poor display, Rothwell could still have been level at the break but Foresters keeper Matt Bath produced superb saves to deny Ricky Miller and Neil Lazarus.

However, they got their goal on 50 minutes, Boyle-Chong drilling home from 20 yards. the bar denied Darren Lynch an equaliser on the hour, and Bath's third brilliant save of the night kept out Joe Cossey. that was the highlight though. After that, it was anything but the beautiful game.

Thanks to the Evening Telegraph for the match report.

Remaining fixtures:

Sat 28th April v Chasetown (h)

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