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choirboy · 26-12-2021, 17:27

WOW! What an excellent result for the Stanley today, beating the current League leaders, Rotherham.
The three points were fully deserved too.
In the first half Rotherham started confidently and looked like they expected to get a victory. Stanley coped well under pressure and with a couple of blocks our boys gained in confidence and pressed Rotherham back.
The referee was following the pre season instructions of ‘letting the game flow’ but in actual fact the pushing and pulling was disrupting the flow of the match. This actually seemed to be in Stanley’s favour as we gradually got on top of our opponents. Number 24, big fella Smith was a right cheat, pushing constantly but the ref gave nothing against him. Smith totally drifted out of the game in the second half.
Our team formation was a rousing success today. The back four was well balanced. The inclusion of Mitch Clark at right back worked particularly well. He had a great game himself but his presence allowed Ross Sykes to play in his best position as the aggressive centre back. Ross was IMMENSE today! He won so many headers, played some good passes out of defence and made a couple of superb blocks to prevent goals. He was largely responsible for the cheat, Smith drifting out of the game. The second half was less end to end and Stanley dictated play much more. Rotherham were always capable of scoring on the break though.
The winning goal was WONDERFUL! Pressure from our forwards saw the ball get headed out to Sean on the corner of the six yard box and he acrobatically played the overhead kick, without trying to hit it too hard, over the keeper and into the net. We went ‘BONKERS’ in the Clayton End for it was simply the best moment of our season so far!
Stanley held out for the fully deserved victory with our managers making some good substitutions in the closing minutes!
The scenes after the final whistle will live in my memory for ever!
WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTY YEAR REIGN OF JIMMY AND JOHN WITH EVERYONE SINGING ‘SWEET CAROLINE’!

ON STANLEY ON.
WITH JIMMY AND JOHN
… AND JOHN DOOLAN TOO.

26-12-2021, 17:27	#36
choirboy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Clayton le Moors Posts: 2,866 Liked: 2148 times Rep Power: 174076	Re: Rotherham home thread WOW! What an excellent result for the Stanley today, beating the current League leaders, Rotherham. The three points were fully deserved too. In the first half Rotherham started confidently and looked like they expected to get a victory. Stanley coped well under pressure and with a couple of blocks our boys gained in confidence and pressed Rotherham back. The referee was following the pre season instructions of ‘letting the game flow’ but in actual fact the pushing and pulling was disrupting the flow of the match. This actually seemed to be in Stanley’s favour as we gradually got on top of our opponents. Number 24, big fella Smith was a right cheat, pushing constantly but the ref gave nothing against him. Smith totally drifted out of the game in the second half. Our team formation was a rousing success today. The back four was well balanced. The inclusion of Mitch Clark at right back worked particularly well. He had a great game himself but his presence allowed Ross Sykes to play in his best position as the aggressive centre back. Ross was IMMENSE today! He won so many headers, played some good passes out of defence and made a couple of superb blocks to prevent goals. He was largely responsible for the cheat, Smith drifting out of the game. The second half was less end to end and Stanley dictated play much more. Rotherham were always capable of scoring on the break though. The winning goal was WONDERFUL! Pressure from our forwards saw the ball get headed out to Sean on the corner of the six yard box and he acrobatically played the overhead kick, without trying to hit it too hard, over the keeper and into the net. We went ‘BONKERS’ in the Clayton End for it was simply the best moment of our season so far! Stanley held out for the fully deserved victory with our managers making some good substitutions in the closing minutes! The scenes after the final whistle will live in my memory for ever! WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTY YEAR REIGN OF JIMMY AND JOHN WITH EVERYONE SINGING ‘SWEET CAROLINE’! ON STANLEY ON. WITH JIMMY AND JOHN … AND JOHN DOOLAN TOO. Last edited by choirboy; 26-12-2021 at 17:29.