Added Jan 9th 2008 -

Rothwell Town 0 - 6 Rushall Olympic

The Bones went down 6-0 last night in a game to forget at Cecil Street.

Rushall went ahead after 20 seconds, when a long ball from the kick-off caused panic in the Rothwell defence and Richard Beale prodded home.

Things got worse for the Bones on six minutes when Andreas Kattus brought down Junior Brown in the box and, being the last man, received his second rec card of the season.

Tom Smith gave Rothwell some hope when he saved Paul McMahon's penalty but he, and everyone else, was caught out by Beale's 32nd-minute corner which swirled into the net on the wind.

Two-down at half-time might have given the Bones some hope to come back after the break, but two minutes before the end of the first half, a free-kick wasn't cleared and Ian Cooper drilled home a decisive third for the Pics.

The second half goals were a while coming but eventually Steve Purton tripped McMahon in the box on 79 minutes to concede the night's second penalty. McMahon handed over spot-kick duties to Beale who duly completed his hat-trick and then smashed home a superb fifth of the night a minute later from 25 yards.

Purton sent a rare shot just over for the Bones before Brown completed Rushall's scoring with a close-range header in the last minute.

Rothwell: Smith, Bridgeford, Purton, Greasley, Kattus, Flannigan, Stead, Boyle-Chong (sub Blakie, 84 mins), Turner, McInally (sub Cross, 76mins), Koriya (sub Ritchie-Smith, 65 mins). Subs not used: Keddy, Batchelor.

Rushall: Breeden, Gough, Hayward, Cooper (sub Rowe, 73 mins), Barrow, Preston, Johnson, Beale, Brown, McMahon (sub Brindley, 83 mins), Barnfield (sub Hallcroft, 70 mins). Subs not used: Beckett, Gayle.

Referee: Mr S Smart

Goals: Beale (1 min, 0-1), Beale (32 mins, 0-2), Cooper (43 mins, 0-3), Beale pen (79 mins, 0-4), Beale (80 mins, 0-5), Brown (90 mins, 0-6)

Sending-off: Kattus (professional foul)

Bookings: Purton, Barnfield (both fouls)

Attendance: 104

Man of the match: Richard Beale (four goals is a fine effort in anyone's book)

Match Rating: 6

Thanks to the Evening Telegraph.