Ramsbottom United are pleased to announce that the Railway End Stand at the Harry Williams Riverside Stadium has now acquired a five-year sponsorship deal with local-based business AL-Bioservices Limited.

Midweek away games are never easy in this league and never more so when they are away on a filthy evening on the dark side of the Pennines against the league leaders. So to come away with a point in any circumstances would have been an achievement.

A mellow performance on a misty afternoon saw the Rams ease through into the next round of the Buildbase FA Trophy much more comfortably than the score line might suggest.

Do not expect to read here words describing a plucky cup performance by a lower league team playing out of their skin and nearly embarrassing their more illustrious visitors. That was not the performance given by the Rams on Saturday.

There are not many dull moments or poor matches to be had at the HWRS Stadium at the moment.  If you want to see open enterprising and honest football that is the place to be so it was a bit of a disappointment that the attendance at this riveting match was only just over 200 (four of whom where from Texas).

Ramsbottom United are delighted to announe the signing of goalkeeper Charlie Albinson.

A late start due to the Redditch team enduring a nightmare journey saw the game finish with the visitors wishing they had stayed at home.

The Ramsbottom United Player of the Month for October, as voted for by the supporters, was Ryan Salmon.

The Rams could, should and would have got a deserved point out of this game except for an unfortunate mishap by keeper Ashley Shenton. While never reaching the level of performance achieved at Colne, they will know that while to come away empty handed was very disappointing, defeats of this kind are always on the cards in a league in which away games are always a challenge and that the reverse can reasonably be seen as a blip in the upwards trajectory of performance and not a reverse into the despond of the early season.