Added Oct 25th 2007 -

Rothwell Town 1 - 1 Willenhall Town

If Rothwell Town had converted their chances they would have been out of sight by half-time.

In their temporary surroundings of Kettering Town's A-Line Arena the Bones led for over 50 minutes but were unable to finish their openings. The worst offender was Fazel Koriya who had several golden opportunites to put Rothwell out of sight.

In the eight minute he had only the keeper to beat but fired wide of the inviting target. But the hosts took the lead on 24 minutes when Koriya slipped a marvellous pass across the six-yard box and it was forced home at the far post by Michael Boyle-Chong.

Willenhall were a lively outfit and John Williams - the ex-Birmingham City and Coventry City striker - kept the home defence on its toes together with the ever lively Anthony Newton.

In the second half again it was Rothwell who spurned some decent openings. They failed to take their chances and were made to pay when the visitors forced home an equaliser with 13 minutes to go.

It came from their fourth corner in the space of a minute and it was eventually forced over the line thanks to a deflection off the unfortunate Ryan Collis - who otherwise had an excellent game. Both teams went for the victory but neither could produce the elusive goal to seal the points.

Bones chairman Peter Bradley was left delighted with how things went in the Bones temporary home while the floodlights at Cecil Streetare repaired following the vandalism at the Bones' ground. He said: "It went like clockwork and we got so much help from Kevin Meikle (Poppies managing director).

"He was absolutely brilliant and we couldn't have asked for any more help. Everyone was fantastic. There were a few Kettering supporters there having a look and I hope they enjoyed what they saw."

The Bones have no game on Saturday but are due to host Long Buckby in the NFA Hillier Cup on Tuesday.

If the work to repair the Cecil Street lights is not completed in time, the game will be switched to Long Buckby's ground.

Thanks to the Evening Telegraph.

Rothwell: Smith, Tolton, Collis, Greasley, Sturgess, Bridgeford, Challinor, Boyle-Chong (sub Sneddon 66 mins), Stead (sub Boath 85 mins), Koriya, Purton (sub Rice 66 mins). Subs not used: Bewers, Prowse.

Willenhall: Price, Newall, Milligan, Harvey, Brown, Miller, Newton (sub Perry 87 mins), Briggs, Barnett, Williams (sub Gregg 70 mins), Cain. Subs not used: Wheeler, Maguire.

Referee: Mr A Maton

Goals: Boyle-Chong (24 mins, 1-0), Collis og (77 mins, 1-1)

Attendance: 87

Chairman's man of the match: Ryan Collis (enjoyed an impressive game despite the own-goal)

Match rating: 7