6.30pm 22 May 2013
Rochdale Alliance, Premier Division
Moorcock Inn 5 Wardle 3 (att 13)
The closest I've come to barrel scraping as the end of the season fast approaches, with a dead rubber of a fixture at the windswept Firgrove Playing Fields in Rochdale.
Wardle had already won the league with ease, but clearly took their collective foot off the pedal early in this match, conceding three times in the opening 15 minutes. Moorcock added a fourth, an unstoppable strike into the top corner, with 30 minutes gone.
The visitors pulled a goal back before half time, and got a second from a penalty early in the second half. A fifth home goal, another great strike from distance, was followed by another converted penalty for the visitors.
Both sides could have scored more, in a game that was surprisingly entertaining despite the cold wind, and although at times it verged on farce it remained largely competitive.
Firgrove Playing Fields has at least four football pitches and two rugby pitches, with possibly more out of sight. On a Saturday it's a busy place, used by several Rochdale Alliance sides, but tonight was hosting just the one game.
Rochdale Alliance, Premier Division
Moorcock Inn 5 Wardle 3 (att 13)
The closest I've come to barrel scraping as the end of the season fast approaches, with a dead rubber of a fixture at the windswept Firgrove Playing Fields in Rochdale.
Wardle had already won the league with ease, but clearly took their collective foot off the pedal early in this match, conceding three times in the opening 15 minutes. Moorcock added a fourth, an unstoppable strike into the top corner, with 30 minutes gone.
The visitors pulled a goal back before half time, and got a second from a penalty early in the second half. A fifth home goal, another great strike from distance, was followed by another converted penalty for the visitors.
Both sides could have scored more, in a game that was surprisingly entertaining despite the cold wind, and although at times it verged on farce it remained largely competitive.
Firgrove Playing Fields has at least four football pitches and two rugby pitches, with possibly more out of sight. On a Saturday it's a busy place, used by several Rochdale Alliance sides, but tonight was hosting just the one game.
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