The Rams produced a very scrappy performance in both meanings of the word to come away with a well earned and thoroughly deserved point.

The return to the site of their greatest triumph saw the Rams secure another deserved win which while lacking the immediate impact of the win on their prior visit still offers much hope of a return to the NLP.

Whatever its outcome, an abiding image of the 2016/2017 Rams season will be young Josh Askew arms outstretched in front of the travelling and adoring fans having just scored the winner with his last touch in his last match in the last moments of a topsy-turvy game.  The young full back, his loan spell now completed will be sorely missed.

This was a complete performance by a Farsley Celtic team who with games in hand should go onto secure the league championship.

Ramsbottom United climb to 11th in the table and just five points shy of the play-off places with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Brighouse Town at the Harry Williams Riverside Stadium.

The hardy group of supporters who worked all Saturday morning to get the pitch fit for play were rewarded by a battling performance which saw the Rams grab all three points and leap-frog their opponents into 11th position.  And the Chairman had the bonus of a bumper crowd fuelled by postponements elsewhere which would have been at least a 100 less had the game had to be rearranged.  So after a busy and challenging week there is a strong case to be made for all round contentment.

The only thing to remember from an otherwise wholly forgettable match, in which both teams were as bad as each other in serving up a desultory brew, is that the Rams somehow came away with three more points.

he Rams two new young loan signings, full back Reagan Ogle and left winger Nathan Webb made an instant contribution to the fortunes of an injury depleted side.  Both scored but their impact on the game, in particular Nathan Webb's went well beyond adding their names to the scoresheet.

In the end this was a tale of two penalties - one coolly put away by Adam Kay to claw the Rams level on the hour, the second a superb save from Martin Fearon with just five minutes left to keep the Rams level.  In truth if that had gone in the Rams, devoid of a cutting edge, would have returned empty handed which would have been a harsh judgment on a courageous defensive effort which on balance merited a point.