The Winning Habit

Rothwell Town 5 Chapeltown 2

The Winning Habit
After a win in the cup the previous week confidence was
high, against an unknown Chapletown side. Rothwell got off to a good start and
tried to pass the ball around in the early stages, with Sam Pears seeing a good
shot just missing the left hand post. Chapeltown were awarded a corner after a
rare attack and good delivery was dealt with well by Harrison Jones who got a
hand to it and cleared it from the goal area. The ball was quickly cleared up
field and an intelligent ball from Harry Caton found Kaden Sharlotte bursting
free through the middle of the away defence. Kaden controlled well and calmly
put the ball past the keeper.
More Rothwell attacks put pressure on the Chapeltown goal
and just 2 minutes after the first goal Town doubled their lead. Kai Wheeler on,
his return from a broken arm, delivered a great corner, which was met sweetly by
Arnie Dooner. Rothwell continued to push forward and look for more goals. Liam
King drilled a free kick into the area which Sam Mulvaney was unlucky not to
convert at the far post. An inspired substitution with 10 minutes of the first
half left to run paid dividends when Jacob Murray was released after by Arnie Dooner
who won the ball in midfield. Jacob controlled the ball well and held off a
strong challenge, calmly firing the ball into the roof of the net.

The home team started the 2nd half full of
confidence but soon found out that too much confidence and not enough
concentration can be bad combination. After a comfortable first half where the
away team hardly threatened, two goals in the first 5 minutes brought the game
firmly back into their grasp. Rothwell then settled back into the game and started
to press again. Sam Mulvaney was on hand to capitalise after a goal keeper
error to score his 4th goal in 2 games. Sam Pears completed the win on 22 minutes
following in a Jacob Murray shot which was only partially stopped by the
keeper.

Harry Caton took the man of the match award for a great
battling performance, and some great passing.