Hockey: Rochdale Men’s Firsts 2 - 1 Bury Men’s Firsts

Rochdale Firsts triumphed over Bury Firsts

Rochdale Firsts triumphed over Bury Firsts, despite entering the game with a trepidation, due to missing several players.

Regardless of this, Rochdale started well and were pressing high against a good Bury side.

Despite this, Bury were hitting on the counter attack and causing problems of their own but the back four of Danny Bowe, Mark Eden, Johnny Herreran and Danny Ramsbottom stood firm.

The game was very much in the balance with both teams attacking with intent.

However, it was Rochdale who broke the deadlock with Michael Waddicor and Adam Massey linking up well with Massey finishing to put Rochdale one up.

This spurred Rochdale on even more and, after winning a second short corner of the game, Eden and Barry Gumbley linked up to put Rochdale 2-0 with a well-worked short corner.  

At half-time, it was clear to see some Rochdale players were struggling and they would really need to dig deep to see out this game.

Bury scored early in the second half but Rochdale were not to be denied: they not only stood firm but for the last 20 mins were by far the better team, controlling the game and pegging Bury back into their own half.

The score was to finish 2-1, a real team effort under difficult circumstances.

Special mention must go to Kieran King and James Shepherd in the Rochdale midfield who worked tirelessly all game.

The Flying Horse Man of the Match went to Johnny Herreran.