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Rossendale United 1 v 8 Trafford

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Unibond League Division One North
Rossendale United 1 v 8 Trafford

A bizarre display of refereeing and a lack of self discipline cost Rossendale dear as not for the first time in the last couple of seasons they fell to a heavy defeat against Trafford at the week end. The afternoon started off badly as keeper Tom Brocklehurst was taken ill during the warm up and his place between the sticks was taken by centre forward Sam Heap with Brocklehurst reverting to the bench.

Date published: 01/03/2010

Apprentice Scheme not focussed on elite sports performance

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Rossendale United’s Community Apprenticeship is open to both boys and girls and to students of all abilities. The scheme is not simply aimed at finding footballers capable of competing in...

Date published: 28/02/2010

Grant to Rossendale Harriers

Rossendale Harriers

Drainage work to the athletics track at Marl Pits has been completed as a result of successful partnership working between Rossendale Council and Rossendale Harriers.

This will...

Date published: 25/02/2010

FC Halifax Town 2 v 0 Rossendale United

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Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Unibond League Division One North
FC Halifax Town 2 v 0 Rossendale United

For much of the game Rossendale produced a determined rearguard action and with...

Date published: 24/02/2010

Unibond league Division One North - Clitheroe 2 v 1 Rossendale United

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Saturday 20th February 2010
Unibond league Division One North
Clitheroe 2 v 1 Rossendale United

It is and often used saying that football is a game of two halves but Rossendale’s...

Date published: 22/02/2010

Stockport 33 – 22 Rossendale

Rossendale RUFC in action

Rossendale were left wondering how they managed to lose to league leaders Stockport following this latest National 3 North encounter at Headlands Road. In perfect conditions Rossendale set...

Date published: 22/02/2010

Fancy your own 'Bit Of Turf' in the Valley

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Due to his retirement, Rossendale United has lost the services of their long serving Groundsman, and a temporary replacement who has recently taken up full time employment.

The club is...

Date published: 22/02/2010

Cool £1m to get people skiing

Cool £1m to get people skiing - Ski Rossendale

People in Rossendale are being encouraged to grab a piste of the action — by taking up skiing and snowboarding.

With the 2010 Winter Olympics in progress, Sport England and Snowsport...

Date published: 19/02/2010

Police urge fans to ‘kick out’ homophobia from Football

The Justin Campaign

Police are urging fans to ‘kick out’ homophobia from football as part of LGBT history month and the announcement of an international day against homophobia in football on February 19....

Date published: 19/02/2010

United near, but yet so far

Rossendale United Football Club

An end to end pulsating thriller at Chorley’s Victory Park ground saw Rossendale come out on the wrong end of a 4-3 score line but if the score had been reversed, no one would have had...

Date published: 18/02/2010

Rossendale United 1 v 2 Chorley

Rossendale manager, John Hughes, had intended to field an unchanged side from the one that won at Salford on Saturday but his plans were dashed at the last moment when Leonard Rico-Richards and Andre Williams had to pull out of the squad through injury. The first chance of the game fell to Jack Brierley and his thirty yard effort was blocked by a defender who in truth knew...

Date published: 10/02/2010

Salford City 0 v 2 Rossendale United

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With a much changed line up from 2009 Rossendale recorded their first win of 2010 with a impressive 2-0 victory at Salford on Saturday and with a little more calmness in front of goal could...

Date published: 07/02/2010

Warrington Town 5 v 1 Rossendale United

For the first fifty five minutes of the game Rossendale more than matched Warrington but in the space of two minutes all their hard work was undone and the game belonged to their opponents.

The game opened with Warrington on the attack and they forced a succession of corners but the Rossendale defence coped well with them and the danger was snuffed out. ...

Date published: 03/02/2010

Olivia is on top of the world

ON TOP of the world: Olivia Ratcliffe

STAR climber Olivia Ratcliffe never drives anyone up the wall – because she has already scaled it. 

At just 13 she is ranked third in England has been selected to represent Great Britain...

Date published: 31/01/2010

Carnival set to delight the crowds

TIMES gone by: A carnival float from the procession in Bacup in mid 80s.

 FROM cheerleaders to schoolchildren, Brownies to footballers – these are just some of the groups and organisations who have already signed up to help make Bacup and Stacksteads Carnival a...

Date published: 30/01/2010

Long layoff but no change to Rossie failings

Rossendale United played well against Wakefield, but could not score, and made defensive mistakes

Unibond League  -   Wakefield 2 -0 Rossendale United

Rossendale returned to football action after a five week pause for the weather but the old failings of lack of concentration in...

Date published: 25/01/2010

Stags crash to heavy defeat

Tuesday 15th December 2009 Unibond League Division One North

Lancaster City 4 v 0 Rossendale United
Rossendale can consider the number four their unlucky number as with four first team regulars missing through injury they lost 4-0 for the second time in four days and with a motorway hold up causing the late arrival of half the team it was inevitable that it would take...

Date published: 16/12/2009

Rossendale settle in higher league with another win

Darlington Mowden Park 11 – 18 Rossendale

Another gritty performance, against a spirited Darlington outfit saw travelling Dale further consolidate their status in National Div. 3 (North). Any neutral spectators must surely have had their moneys’ worth from a nip and tuck game that saw both sides show their strengths and frailties in equal measure.

Mowden...

Date published: 13/12/2009

Firm solves club’s kitchen sink drama

Sharon Mawdesley (Rossendale Interiors) Andy Nuttall (Treasurer of Rawtenstall Cricket Club) and Doreen Cunliffe (Rossendale Interiors).

A local cricket club was bowled over when kitchen, bedroom and bathroom company Rossendale Interiors donated a brand new kitchen.

Rawtenstall Cricket Club was left without a kitchen...

Date published: 12/12/2009

Rossendale on the up and up

Chester 10 Rossendale 21

Rossendale, who were forced to reverse a fixture for the second time this year, played and won against a high flying Chester side at Hare lane on Saturday.

The continuing rain meant that Marl Pits was adjudged too wet to play on early in the week, but precautions had been put into place by Chairman Nick Ingham; and Chester kindly agreed to...

Date published: 07/12/2009

At last! A good Rossendale display earns top points

Saturday 5th December 2009 Unibond League Division One North

Rossendale United 2 v 1 AFC Fylde
With Harrogate railway losing at home Rossendale climbed off the bottom of the league with a well earned 2-1 win over AFC Fylde making up for two defeats by the same opponents earlier in the season.
New signing Leonard Rico-Richards had an encouraging debut and he almost...

Date published: 05/12/2009

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