Table topping South Shields were the visitors to the HWRS on Saturday afternoon and were made to fight all the way to the end of an entertaining contest against a battling Ramsbottom United side.
Ramsbottom United exited the FA Trophy after being defeated by the highest ranked team currently in the competition when they visited Moss Lane on Saturday.
Ramsbottom United ventured over to Barnsley more in hope than expectation as they came up against the nomadic Shaw Lane club that has risen through the pyramid at a sharp rate of knots on the back of a supposedly wealthy backer who has filled his team with experienced non-league players.
Ramsbottom United had the perfect opportunity to put Saturday’s unlucky defeat to Bamber Bridge behind them on Tuesday night as a much changed Rams side took on a Brighouse outfit that had won just once on their travels this season.
Ramsbottom United progressed to the next round of the Integro League Cup in a hard-fought contest with Hyde United on a bitterly cold night at the HWRS on Tuesday.
Ramsbottom United deservedly progressed to the next round of the Integro League Cup with a comprehensive victory against Stalybridge in a rearranged game after the original encounter was abandoned 3 weeks earlier.
Sometimes football has a habit of throwing up a result that fails to reflect the activities on the pitch, and this one came fairly close to that.
It was 6th against 4th as Ramsbottom United entertained Bamber Bridge at The Riverside with the home side making 4 changes from the midweek loss to Clitheroe, the most notable being Danny Taberner replacing Martin Fearon in the home sides goal and Max Hazeldine coming into the starting line up for the unavailable Tom Greaves.
Ramsbottom United made the trip to the East Riding of Yorkshire on Saturday to take on bottom of the table Goole, hoping to build on last weekend's victory at Bamber Bridge.
Ramsbottom made their first visit to the Flamingo Land Stadium to take on a Scarborough side that had lost just one league game at their impressive new home.
Ramsbottom Uniteds disappointing away results continued with a narrow defeat on a sunny afternoon in West Lancashire on Saturday.
Ramsbottom United made the short trip to Shawbridge on Tuesday evening to take on a Clitheroe team that had lost their last 3 matches.
The Rams made the trip to the Sir Tom Finney Stadium on Saturday to take on league leaders Bamber Bridge looking for their first away win of the season with new additions Jacques Kpohomouh and Yves Zama making their debuts after arriving from Southport in the last few days.
Ramsbottom United took on high flying Shaw Lane from the Evo-Stik Premier League on Tuesday night in an FA Trophy replay after Saturday's game ended in a 2-2 draw.
Ramsbottom United clinically despatched Colwyn Bay in the FA Trophy Preliminary Round as the home side made it seven wins from 9 home games this season at the Harry Williams Riverside Stadium.
Ramsbottom United were back at the HWRS after a couple of away reverses looking to extend their 100% home league record against a high flying Prescot that had won 6 of their last 7 outings.
Tuesday 30th April 2019
