Rothbury 1 Bedlington 3
Reeves Independent Division One
Rothbury could have done with a lift from their vociferous home support as they went down to their fourth defeat of the season.
For while enclosed grassroots grounds that charge an entry fee can now allow people in, the wide open spaces surrounding Armstrong Park supposedly remain Covid unsecure.
The whole game has seemingly gone bonkers, what with
Newcastle wanting to charge fans to watch pay per view on top of their currently
useless season tickets.
Never mind the Premier League, there was a big push from celebrity fans on social media to get people to attend their local non-League fixtures on Saturday. But you couldn’t get into Armstrong Park.
Would it really make much of a difference for a few fans in face masks to attend an Alliance fixture? Who knows. But then who knows anything much anymore in these strange times.
Manager Danny Olson felt there wasn’t a lot between the two teams in a game that was attractive to watch – apparently- with both moving the ball smartly around the pitch.
“The difference between winning and losing at Senior level can be the slightest of margins and when you have 3 or 4 players who are not at it, it effects the whole shape and balance of the team,” he said after.
“Individual errors in both boxes cost us any chance of getting anything from the game, but we go again next week when high flying Whitley Bay SC are the visitors in what we expect to be a very tough game.”
Rothbury were behind after just six minutes as Connor Straughton shot home, but the Reds levelled within three minutes as striker Gareth McCann reacted quickest when Chris Coe’s shot proved too hot to handle. McCann gleefully swept in the rebound from close range for his second of the season.
Adam Ord restored the visitor’s advantage in the 15th minute and Tommy Wilkinson rounded things off in the 65th.
Bedlington were delighted with both the victory and the style that they attained it.
The money may not trickle down from the top levels of the game, but the manner in which teams are setting out and playing certainly has with the retention of possession from the back now de rigour even at Step 7. That can only be a good thing.
Leaving people confused, frustrated and unsure about rules and regulations, however, - well that’s just bad.
Some normality would be great. To even just hear Don Jeans call out ‘That was bloody rubbish!’ from the Top Bank would bring a smile to the player's faces.
So we limp on, not knowing when the season will be interrupted by another lockdown, or when we can socialise with friends and family again, we just limp on.
Crack open another beer.
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