FIRST CUP HURDLE NEGOTIATED AT GOLCAR

by | Aug 2, 2025

The Ramsbottom players celebrate Matt Dudley’s opener on the half-hour.

GOLCAR UNITED 1
RAMSBOTTOM UTD 2
Emirates FA Cup • 2 Aug 2025
Goals from Matt Dudley and Luke Sephton sent Ramsbottom through to the Preliminary Round of the Emirates FA Cup with this win at Golcar United on Saturday afternoon.

The home side, down to ten men following an earlier challenge on youth graduate Lucas Braganca, did pull one back as the game moved into added time, making for a tense few minutes for the travelling Rams fans, but they successfully saw the game out setting up another trip into White Rose territory at Silsden on the 16th August.

RAMSBOTTOM UNITED: Rose, Radcliffe, Braganca, Walder, Barlow, Whittingham (Cummings), Hayhurst, Stacey (Rother), L Sephton, Dudley (Chortiw), Holland-Wilkinson (Turner) Not used: Teague, Winstanley

GOALS: Matt Dudley (30), Luke Sephton (88); Ryan Hall (90+1)

ATT: 314