Source: Rochdale Observer
April 18, 2009
ROCHDALE Town had their best attendance of the season last Friday when the club entertained a team representing FC United of Manchester.
More than 350 saw United edge an entertaining game 4-3.
United took an early lead when manager Karl Marginson beat Mark Canning with a shot into a top corner of the net.
Town responded well, and strikes from Micky Bartholomew and former manager Tom McKenna put them in front, only for Reece to bag an equaliser before half time.
United regained the lead early in the second half when Marginson beat replacement keeper Hicks with a great shot, and Darren Lyons added a fourth when Town were caught out by a quick break.
The scoring was rounded off by Town’s Bartholomew.
Vodkat League leaders Bootle came to Town on Monday and showed why they are the best team in the division as they registered a 3-1 win.
Town found it tough going in the face of a powerful performance.
They were not allowed time to settle on the ball, but they did take the lead. Whitehouse was felled in the area, and Doyle netted from the penalty spot.
The lead lasted only two minutes. A cross caused problems for Town, and in the scramble that followed the ball ended up in the net.
Another scramble saw Bootle take the lead in the last minute of the first half.
A similar goal came on 50 minutes, and that was that.
It was tough on Town who had defended brilliantly. Canning hadn't had a shot to save, but he had picked the ball from the back of the net three times.
Bootle then shut the game down and defended in numbers with the result that Town didn't get another sniff of goal.
Town travel to play Leek CSOB today, kick-off 3pm.
They entertain Stone Dominoes at Castleton Sports Centre on Tuesday, kick-off 7.45pm.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Football coach's nightclub attack
Source: Rochdale Observer
11/12/2007
PROFESSIONAL soccer coach Colin Bell ‘lost his cool’ on a dance-floor and left a man nursing a bloody nose.
Magistrates in Manchester heard that the FC United defender followed Paul Holt around the Manchester's Ritz nightclub before headbutting him in the face.
“It was a moment of madness which he deeply regrets,” his lawyer told the bench.
Bell, who coaches youngsters at Rochdale AFC, escaped a prison sentence and was given the maximum of 300 hours unpaid work for assaulting Mr Holt and causing him bodily harm.
The 24-year-old was also given a community order and ordered to pay £100 compensation to his victim, plus £60 costs.
Passing sentence the court told him: “We hope this has been a salutory lesson and the message is don't get drunk and start trouble with people”.
Prosecutor Norman Wilcock said Bell, of Bury Old Road, Heywood, had tried to goad Mr Holt into a fight.
At one stage he slapped him on the back and when confronted by door staff denied doing anything wrong. Minutes later he poked the victim several times with a rolled up poster and then attacked him.
John Kennerley, defending said Bell had acted ‘completely out of character’ due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed.
The men had been bumping into each other on the dance-floor “but he deeply regrets his behaviour and is full of remorse”, added Mr Kennerley.
11/12/2007
PROFESSIONAL soccer coach Colin Bell ‘lost his cool’ on a dance-floor and left a man nursing a bloody nose.
Magistrates in Manchester heard that the FC United defender followed Paul Holt around the Manchester's Ritz nightclub before headbutting him in the face.
“It was a moment of madness which he deeply regrets,” his lawyer told the bench.
Bell, who coaches youngsters at Rochdale AFC, escaped a prison sentence and was given the maximum of 300 hours unpaid work for assaulting Mr Holt and causing him bodily harm.
The 24-year-old was also given a community order and ordered to pay £100 compensation to his victim, plus £60 costs.
Passing sentence the court told him: “We hope this has been a salutory lesson and the message is don't get drunk and start trouble with people”.
Prosecutor Norman Wilcock said Bell, of Bury Old Road, Heywood, had tried to goad Mr Holt into a fight.
At one stage he slapped him on the back and when confronted by door staff denied doing anything wrong. Minutes later he poked the victim several times with a rolled up poster and then attacked him.
John Kennerley, defending said Bell had acted ‘completely out of character’ due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed.
The men had been bumping into each other on the dance-floor “but he deeply regrets his behaviour and is full of remorse”, added Mr Kennerley.
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