Winning streak ends for Town

a poor performance and some strange refereeing decisions.
Town started brightly,

putting their hosts under immediate pressure, and their pressure paid off in the

10th minute when top scorer Chris Gahgan drove home from the edge of the box to

put Town 1-0 up.
Warrington immediately pushed forward looking for a second

goal, and five minutes later, Tom Lamb had the ball in the net, but saw referee

Mr Clayton rule the goal out, for a high foot in the process of the overhead

kick, despite having no defender within a yard of him.
The home side were

visibly lifted by this and began to get into the game, forcing Ritchie Mottram

into a good save. Town were denied another goal shortly afterwards when Mr

Clayton ruled that Mike Grogan had pushed his defender before placing a bullet

header past Ben Proctor in the Rossendale goal. Rossendale forced Mottram into

out far more positive after the break and within two minutes were level, player

manager Phil Eastwood picking up an errant pass before beating Mottram from 30

yards with a bullet shot. Within seven minutes the home side were ahead, a free

kick by midfielder John Turner rebounding off the bar, straight to Eastwood, who

blasted the ball beyond Mottram. On the hour, Turner blasted home a free kick to

give the home side an undeserved two goal lead. Three minutes later defender

Paul Bowes received a second yellow card for a challenge on the edge of the box.

Town actually started to get into the game after this and went close through

Jimmy McCarthy. In the 70th minute, Town were awarded only their

second penalty away from home in two years, when Lamb was fouled in the box and

Gahgan blasted home beyond Proctor. Town pushed forward in vain but could not

Stewart (Thornton, 76), Hardwick, Bowes, Kielty (c), Grogan (Daniels, 81),

Hadland, O’Donnell, McCarthy, Lamb (Dutton, 74), Gahgan, subs not used Smith,