PREVIOUS MATCH....

Rocester 3-2 Barnton AFC

Saturday saw us welcome Barnton AFC to Hillsfield following a near two-week lay-off due to cup ties and a rescheduled fixture list...

Once again, despite the lack of 'playing' time, the Romans were harrying and hassling the opposition from the off!

Having said that, Barnton didn't look as though they intended to give the Romans any 'quarter' either...

As a result, both teams gave it their all in this feisty contest which was not short of action and incident.

First blood was drawn by the Romans in the 10th minute when Callum Niven played a superb ball to Tom Brown who then 'flew' towards the opposition area before laying-off the ball to the advancing Tom Mellor who made no mistake with his shot!

Just three minutes later and a well taken corner from the right was nodded in at the far post by Adam Mosely to help the visitors draw level!

The next 15 minutes saw plenty of 'end to end' action and just on the half-hour, following a concerted effort by the Rocester attack, Tom Brown opened his account for the first time since his return to Rocester with a header at the far post to make it 2-1 to the Romans...

In the dying minutes of the first half, the referee awarded a penalty to the visitors. Charlie Wood made a superb save and the Romans immediately countered as they charged up the field.
An excellent ball found the advancing Logan Toplis who made no mistake with his shot to make it 3-1 to the Romans at the break.

Barnton obviously were not prepared to take this 'lying down' and pressed-on in the second-half and were rewarded in the 65th minute when Ross Avies scored their second goal.

However, despite this set-back for the Romans, to a man, they dug-in and worked tirelessly to frustrate Barnton's endeavour and eventually ran out as well-deserved victors!!!

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As a result of our away match versus Ellesmere Rangers FC being postponed due to a frozen pitch, we now look forward to next Saturday (28/01/23), when we welcome Cammell Laird 1907 FC to Hillsfield...

Kick-off at 2:00pm.

C'mon you mighty Romans!!!