Roach Under 7s Black hosted Walshaw Park and were looking to return to winning ways. Roach dominated the game from start to finish and were far superior to their opponents in every department. Good work from Josh Brooks and Ethan Armstrong led to an opening for Ciaran Sherry but his shot fizzed past the post. Brooks and Armstrong were again in the thick of the action and their work let in Curtis Newsham who fired [...more]
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The Open Age seconds travelled the short distance to Bury Grammar School Old Boys on Saturday, and following their 6-0 win a fortnight ago, were hungry for more. Roach were the best side in the first half, but could not find their composure, and despite this, came in 1-0 ahead courtesy of a goal from full back Mark Hughes. At half time the visitors regrouped, calmed down on the ball and got into their rhythm. Ryan Smith doubled the visitors’ [...more] Roach played there first game since early December with a cup match against local rivals Pennine juniors, Roach started the brightest with Harry Roche,Sam Mather and Connor Sugden combining well to create some early half chances,Roach started to dominate and grew in confidence and passed the ball around the pitch,Mather on the right found time and space to cross for Wright who slotted the ball wide,Pennine dug deep and soaked up the pressure and hit Roach on the break but [...more] Roach Under 7s Blacks made the trip to Radcliffe Juniors and were looking to increase their impressive start to the season. Roach settled quickly and had some good possession but lacked the killer touch in front of goal, both Kieran McIlvenny and Josh Brooks missing early chances. Roach then suffered a disastrous ten minute spell which saw them concede twice. An over exuberance to attack left Roach short at the back and the Radcliffe forward raced clear [...more] Roach took on local rivals Pennine juniors on Saturday and the visitors started very well and were matching Roach in midfield. Roach just started to play the ball around and used both wingers Sam Mather and Connor Sugden to create some good chances for Daniel Wright but the Pennine keeper was quick to smother the ball before Wright had chance to shoot. Pennine also created some good chances but on form defenders Curtis Rowland and Mitchell Clarke were just [...more] Roach Dynamos under 7s Orange took on Middleton Lads and due to weather were forced to play on Astroturf, with surrounding pitches all flooded. Roach started brightly with Tom Rigby making progress through the heart of the Middleton defence and would have scored a great solo goal if it wasn’t for a last ditch tackle by the defender. The open age 2nd team registered their first win of the season on Saturday, and they did it in style, thumping top of the league Old Boltonians 4-1 at home. The win has been coming for the last 4 matches, with Roach playing some good football, but only managing draws, but today it all fell into place right from the kick off. The home side were the best side all day, and on 25 minutes, Aaron Boyle got [...more] Roach faced Marauders Vulcans away on Saturday in what was a fiercely contested and nail biting match from start to finish. Both teams began strongly but it was Roach who opened the scoring early with a goal from Brad Lynch, Marauders though were quick to respond and equalized soon after. For the remainder of the first half, Marauders were the stronger team and scored another two making it 3-1 at the half time whistle. Roach began the second [...more] Roach welcomed Unsworth looking to extend their five game unbeaten run, and from the start Roach looked the stronger team with some silky passing moves through midfield to create some good chances. Roach were far too strong in midfield with Curtis Rowland, Sam Mather and Connor Sugdon closing down and winning the ball every time Unworth tired to build up an attack. Roach pressed and closed down to win the ball back and found Sam Mather on the right who crossed to find Curtis Rowland in the box to coolly [...more] Roach Under 7 Blacks made the short trip to Walshaw Park looking to build on last weeks victory over Pennine Juniors . Roach made a typically sluggish start to the game but were lucky that Walshaw didn’t capitalise on some hesitant Roach defending. Roach finally woke up and started to play some good football, and from this point didn’t really look back. |
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