Two could have been ten for VS
Two could have been ten for VS
Two could have been ten for VS
FA Cup Second Qualifying Round VS Rugby 2 Stamford Town 0
Mark Rosegreen staked a big claim for a continued run in VS's forward line with two first half goals at Butlin Road on Saturday.
His goal tally zipped along to five from five games as VS entered a welcome week-long break following a relentless one defeat in many games in the first month of their season, writes Eddy Pincham.
A win is a win in any language in the FA Cup but on Saturday every spectator must have been amazed that the final score wasn't ten plus rather than two in favour of the home side.
The United Counties premier side who has scored six goals and conceded only five in its opening six games lived a life of super-fortunate in the second half as VS threatened to create a probable Butlin Road scoring record.
Stamford had Barron and defender David Parker cautioned as VS went into a second half period of mode with magnicently controlled approach football and flowing four and five man moves.
Time and again it swept forward and it was beyond belief that a 30 minute onslaught brought no addition to the score.
Hot shot Mick Shearer had two attempts. He took the keeper to his limits. He headed another over as Nigel Niblett had a goalbound header hacked off the line and the keeper failed to sweep in a Tom McGinty freekick.
Robbie Jones' back header was met by a Rosegreen shot which found the keeper
A silent tribute
Players, officials and spectators at VS Rugby's FA Cup tie against Stamford Town on Saturday stood for a minute's silent tribute in memory of Frank Coughan. Stamford was Frank's home town.
Frank, who lived in Glebe Crescent and who died last week aged 82 after a long fight against cancer, was a founder player in his earlier years and was a trustee and management committee member of the VS Rugby club for many years.
Frank's son, Keith, is a founder member of the old Valley Sports club into which VS Rugby has grown. He also leaves behind the wife he was married to for 55 years, Elfreda; daughter-in-law Carole and grand-children Julie and Paul.
The funeral of Mr Coughan, a Co-op Mutual agent in Rugby and our-ounding villages from 1936 to 1976 and a Pay Sergeant during the Second World War, was held at St Peter's Road, Clifton Road, on Monday and was followed by cremation at Canley.
The former Eastlands School pupil was originally apprenticed as a grocer with Lavender and Harrison and, a talented room dancer, spent many evenings as an MC and doorman at Rugby's Co-operative Hall.
"We're in the next round and we can't afford to miss out this chance for VS to mature any sense of urgency about it," said assistant Frank Swannell and Andy Holla retiled the woodwork and provided momentary confidence in the to the centre-circle in search of diversion.
Mark Rosegreen: Two goals