Heroic Effort Sees Rovers Through

Zephyr Rovers were reduced to four men for the fixture today at the Shed of Dreams before picking up a passer by and putting him straight into the midfield. "We got Joe from Els Gaye to play for us and he did pretty well considering he always waers jeans when he plays" said Rovers Manager Steve Hall "and we certainly needed the extra player as harp Shooters looked a bit strong than the team we played a fortnight ago". Hall said it was a fairly even fixture although Rovers stayed ahead for much of the match. "We were going pretty well until the last five minutes when we ran out of a bit of puff from having no subs" said Hall "I know I had to make quite a few saves in the end and they sneaked two or three goals to make the score respectable". Hall said it was good to get in some keeping practice but with champions Els Gaye coming up next week he was hoping to muster a stronger team. "It's one of the features of this time of the year that football players get injured" said Hall "so we might yet be looking to find some extra talent to boost the squad in coming weeks". Hall said Rovers were definitely looking for a top four place and he thought they would get there as long as they could keep putting five players on the pitch. "We were lucky today as even with injures we had a solid defence and we still have players like Jamie (pictured) who can bang them in the net" said Hall "but a couple more useful guys to call up in a crisis wouldn't go astray".

Final: Rovers 7 Harp Shooters 5