Veteran Rothbury striker Jack Angus has spent his Saturday
afternoons clocking his racing pigeons into the loft since hanging up his boots
three years ago – but he turned back the clock on Monday evening and slammed in
a hat-trick during a rare appearance.
31-year-old Angus was called up by Reds player/boss Dan
Herron on the morning of the fixture as Rothbury were short on numbers for
their final game of the North Northumberland League season at Amble Saint
Cuthberts and by dinner time he’d agreed to play, no doubt egged on by his
building site workmates.
“I was due to play on the Saturday against Shilbottle due to
a lack of numbers, but the game was cancelled as they didn’t show up. I’ve had
a bad knee injury and I’m currently nursing a nerve problem in my toes, but
some painkillers sorted that out,” he admitted.
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| Jack Angus back in his goalscoring heyday |
Angus was the Reds’ leading scorer with 27 League goals the
last time they won the NNFL silverware back in 2010 and showed that his scoring
touch hasn’t left him as
Rothbury cemented third spot with a 10-1 romp in the fixture
before setting their sights on a place in the Second Division of the Northern
Football Alliance next season.
“I was just in the right place at the right time for the
goals – I was shattered during the game and wanted to come off at half-time! I
wouldn’t call it a comeback, as I was just helping a pal out. I haven’t really
got any intentions of playing on as I’m very injury prone now,” said Angus.
Former midfielder Gavin Dick, a NFA Minor Cup winner at his
current club Hazlerigg Victory, was also on target with a treble in the success
with the other goals being netted by James Jackson, Dan Herron, young Alex Law
and Cal MacKenzie.
Rothbury’s ambitious application to possibly join the
Alliance alongside fellow north Northumbrian side Spittal Rovers is their first
attempt to move up the pyramid since an unsuccessful effort in 1976, the club’s
Centenary year.
“Seeing Jack back in a Rothbury shirt was class. He still
has it to be fair, he’s just lacking the lung capacity!” joked boss Herron.
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