VASE RUN ENDS IN THE MUD

by | Dec 6, 2025

A dejected Luke Sephton after a late Rams attack was thwarted. 

RAMSBOTTOM UTD 0
NELSON 3
Isuzu FA Vase • 6 Dec 2025

A game that arguably shouldn’t have even started and almost certainly should have been called off at half time turned into farce in the ludicrous conditions at the HWRS this afternoon.

Fair play to Nelson for progressing though to the next round and good luck to them but when you can’t complete a ten yard pass without the ball holding up in the mud – leading to a penalty and then the third goal a little later – questions need to be asked why play was allowed to continue.
 
But as they say, we can now concentrate on the league, although whether the pitch will be anywhere near fit for the immediate home games before Christmas is anyone’s guess.
 
Full report to follow.
 
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED: Rose, Radcliffe (Wallbank), Hayhurst, Teague, Barlow, Walder, Baker, Whittingham (Walker), Dudley (Bennett), Sephton, Holland-Wilkinson  Not used: Stacey, Ogunby
 
GOALS: Ryan Bolton (55), Fin Devenney (65 pen), James Kemp (72)
 
ATT: 239