PREVIOUS MATCH....

Rocester 0-2 Stockport Town FC

Tuesday night saw us welcome the league leaders - Stockport Town FC - to Hillsfield.

Despite the fact that Rocester are languishing at the bottom of the table, any neutral spectators would have been 'hard pressed' to tell which team was at the top and which was at the foot of the table - particularly during the first half when the Romans 'gave as good as they got' in this keenly contested match...

At the half time whistle the score was still nil each owing to missed opportunities for both sides.

Unfortunately, in the second half, it appeared that Rocester didn't always get the 'rub of the green' and although they continued to put in an honest and hardworking performance, they just didn't seem to get the breaks they so richly deserved.

In the 69th minute, a header from Shawcross found the net to put the visitors ahead.

Despite this setback, based upon the performance thus far, the 'Rocester Faithful' were confident that the lads would find a way back and they certainly looked as though they were still 'up for it'!

However, just 7 minutes later the referee awarded a penalty to Stockport. McLaughlin stepped up and proceeded to drill the ball into the net having sent Charlie the wrong way!

On this occasion a scoreline of 2-0 to Stockport was a 'bridge too far' and although the Romans battled hard right up to the final whistle, the scoreline remained...

Rocester 0 - 2 Stockport Town

Obviously, the team were bitterly disappointed as they really felt that they had a good chance based upon their recent performances and all things considered, they really did give Stockport a 'run for their money'.

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So we now look forward to Saturday, when we travel to
Wythenshawe Amateurs FC
-who are currently occupying 2nd place in the league-

Kick-off at 2:00pm.

C'mon you mighty Romans!!!

You can do it!!!