Match photos > Rothwell Town (A) BGB Midland Division - 8 April 2008

Thanks to Sally Ellis, David and Jason Clough for the pics. It was no easy task taking photos under the rather gloomy Rothwell lights.
In the end a comfortable win that took Brakes into the playoffs.

The obligatory pre-match man-hug (Sally)

Brakes started brightly as the sun went down (Sally)

Ben Mackey seemed to be involved in every move (Sally)

Robbie Beard gets a shot in but it was bravely stopped by Rothwell's custodian (Sally)

A succession of first-half corners ... (Sally)

... which Rothwell defended well (David)

Marcus Jackson wriggles through (Sally)

James Husband was played on left wing, later going into centre midfield (David)

Robbie watches Ryan Parisi's angled shot hit the back of the net (Sally)

Ryan (left) with Scott Hadland (Sally)

Great start (Sally)

1-0 to the Brakes (David)

Ryan's first league goal of the season (Jason)

Justin Marsden on a run (Sally)

Incoming! (David)

Keeper had a tendency to punch his clearances (David)

Robbie Beard buzzed around and was unlucky not to score (Jason)

Edge of the box danger for Rothwell (Sally)

Arron Parkinson rock solid in defence (Sally)

And again - up against the Bones version of Peter Crouch (Jason)

Anticipation. Concentration. (Sally)

Down the slope in the first half (David)

Morton Titterton (left) and Jason Cadden plot a second-half masterstroke
as Brakes endure an uncomfortable spell (Sally)

Justin Marsden takes on the Bones defence (Sally)

Midfield maestros: Mackey (left) and Jim Husband (Sally)

Rothwell resolute in defence until the last 20 minutes - just like
our cup game there earlier in the season (Sally)

Guy Sanders free kick (Jason)

Ben Mackey goes into his celebration flip after tucking in a second from
sub Jamie Towers superb cross (Jason)

Congratulations (Sally)

Sub Shay Morgan (centre) showed some real quality and came within a whisker of
scoring with a diving header (Sally)

Back to re-start (Sally)

He's behind you! To be fair, fouls and such incidents were very few(Sally)

Sub Martin Thompson (Sally)

Another clean sheet for Richard Morris (Jason)

And finally, one for the connoisseurs (Jason)

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