Added January 29th 2007 -

Rothwell Town 1 - 0 Leighton

Teenager Ricky Miller was instrumental in this smash-and-grab victory for Rothwell Town over struggling Leighton Town. In the 74th minute, following a good solo run down the left, he hammered the ball past the diving Andy Brown into the far corner of the net.

Up to this point, the Bones had struggled to hang on in a game where - especially in the first half - they were generally out-played and only had about 20 per cent of the possession. Thankfully for Rothwell, the visitors could not get the ball in the net either. On the positive side, the game included a good debut appearance by former Northampton Town trainee Jordan Williams who came in for the injured Jonny Bewers after half an hour. Debutant keeper Ian Baker had to make one important save for the hosts in the first half when he clawed Peter Clifford's high goal-boand shot out from under the bar.

The game was then held up for 10 minutes while referee Mr Cross was replaced by Mr Knowles due to a pulled hamstring. Rothwell started brighter after the break and Michael Boyle-Chong fired the ball just inches wide of the target after three minutes. Justin Jenkins then hit the post with a headed effory which rolled along the line before eventually being cleared to safety by a Leighton defender. On the hour Chris Difante shot wide of the target while three minutes later Baker pulled off another quality save to deny Leighton.

With 16 minutes to go, the vital winning goal came. And, although Leighton piled on the pressure for the remainder of the game, the Bones managed to cling on for a narrow victory which leaves them 14th in the table.

Report: Peter Bradley

Full report is available in Monday's Evening Telegraph.