Added March 25th 2008 -

Rothwell Town 0 - 0 Barton Rovers

British Gas Business League Division One Midlands

Monday 24th March - k/o 3pm

Rothwell Town boss Ian Jackson felt this Division One Midlands derby draw was the right result. And he was pleased to see his Bones side keep a clean sheet for the first time since they beat Stourport Swifts back on December 4th.

"In all fairness 1-1 would probably have been the right result. But in truth neither goalkeeper really had a serious save to make," he said.

"Tony Thorpe had a goal disallowed for them and Brett Donnelly hit the bar when he really should have scored. But, aside of that, I never felt Barton would get past us and overall I thought it was a very fair result and we put in a good performance."

"We started very well and had the better of the first 10 minutes. We got a little ragged in the 10 minutes before half-time and Barton got on top."

"They then had the better of the first 20 minutes in the second half. But, in fairness to us, it was only from set-pieces and not from open play."

"We handled them well and then looked good again towards the end. It was a game neither side deserved to lose and we can be pleased with that."

With Woodford United not playing, the Bones are now only five points behind their county neighbours with two games in hand and could yet finish out of the bottom three this season.

Rothwell: Smith, Bridgeford, Tolton, Greasley, Kattus, Bewers, Difante (sub Blakie, 82 mins), Boyle-Chong, Cunnington, McInally (sub Koriya, 61 mins), Stead (sub Ritchie-Smith, 61 mins). Subs not used: Keddy, Grant.

Barton Rovers: Patching, Tilbury (sub Robb, 76 mins), Mead, Hibbert, Brown, Wild, Kean, Donnelly, Thorpe, Sinclair (sub Knight, 65 mins), Fontenelle. Subs not used: Toms, Spence, Cossington.

Referee: Mr C Miller

Bookings: Brown, Wild (both fouls)

Attendance: 132

Man of the match: Andreas Kattus (didn't put a foot wrong at the back)

Match Rating: 7