Our best wishes go to Richard Froggatt, who is jetting off today to begin a new life in Australia.
A great goalkeeper who played almost 500 games for the Romans, more recently a coach at the club, and more importantly a top man!
Good luck down-under, Froggy!! 🐸
Massive achievement for our captain fantastic, Carl Allen, who made his 500th appearance for the Romans in tonight's 2-1 win at GNP Sports.
Pictured with s few of the lads after the game. CARL ALLEN the LEGEND!!
Yesterday’s game saw a freak injury to club captain Carl Allen. Unfortunately for Nutty he has undergone surgery on a broken jaw in two places today.
We as a club a heart broken for Nutty, however the one thing he will be used to is the liquid diet 🍺.
Get well soon Skip. 💛🖤
Stoke City U18s captain Emre Tezgel receives the Don Hill Memorial Trophy from Don Hill"s daughter Teresa Chell after his team defeated the Romans 3-2 earlier today 🏆
Now the dust has settled a little after Monday's East Staffordshire 'derby' v
@UttoxeterTownFC
a word for our captain Carl Allen who marked the game by making his 450th appearance for the club.
#Legend
Yesterday we said our final goodbyes to"Mr. Rocester"Gilbert Egerton.
Around 70 people paid their respects as Gilbert was driven through a guard of honour onto the pitch. Club officials both past and present gave Gilbert the best send off we could. Rest in Peace”Mr Rocester” 🖤💛
Devastated 😢
The tunnel and changing room area. We haven’t been able to access the clubhouse due to the water levels being so high. Fair to say though we will have plenty of damage. 😢🖤💛
We are pleased to announce that Laurence Kennerson will be stepping up as first team manager for the rest of the season with help from Matt Nutt and Darren Bullock!
After the season has finished we will look into what we think the best option is for the club going forward 🟡⚫️🤝
A thoroughly deserved award for a man who is the heartbeat of Rocester Football Club! Our own Barry Smith wins volunteer of the year in the Staffs FA grassroots awards!
GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL AWARDS | Many congratulations to
@RocesterFC1876
stalwart Barry Smith, who has won our ‘Volunteer of the Year’ Award.
Barry has been involved with the club over many decades and dedicated a huge amount of his time to grassroots football.
#ThankYouBarry
👏
We are delighted to announce Andy O'Connor as our new Head Coach with immediate effect. Andy is vastly experienced coach and well-known to the club having managed the Romans before, and we wish him every success back at Hillsfield.
⚽️💛🖤Breaking News💛🖤⚽️
Rocester Legend Richard ‘Froggy’ Froggatt is rejoining the club for the new season. Froggy has agreed to join Paul Wright’s coaching staff and will be a huge help for the young lads. More to follow.
Welcome home
@froggylad
FINAL SCORE
Foley Meir 1-2 Rocester
That 2nd half was ugly, it wasn't pretty. And it finished with 2 red cards for Foley Meir. 1 for Scott Staniland of Romans.......the main thing is WEVE GOT OUR FIRST 3 POINTS!!!!!!!!
WINNER!
Your Rocester FC Supporters Player of the Season goes to our Goalkeeper
@woodchm84
!
Charlie made a total of 31 appearances for the Romans last season keeping 4 clean sheets.
Well done Charlie, we look forward to seeing you again next season!
#Romans
From there it was a case of seeing the game out for Bassy’s men who did just that to win 2-1.
Attendance: 2,112
Man of the match:
@RocesterFC1876
GK Charlie Wood
#UnleashTheRavens
Tough times and hardship for so many Non League clubs
From March until the foreseeable future, every function, event and party had to be cancelled due to lockdown and covid
Now to add insult to injury, clubs arent allowed fans in, starved of income.
PLEASE Sort it out
@FA
@DCMS
LOOK AT THE PASSION! Massive congratulations to the lads today for a great win over Abbey Hulton! All the lads are still travelling from all over the country to play for The Romans and always give 100%! A long awaited win 🟡⚫️
#RocesterAllOverTheWorld
Rocester Football Club are delighted to announce the appointment of
@Wrighty17
(Paul Wright) as First Team Manager. Paul is joined by Assistant Manager Neil Robinson and Goalkeeper Coach Dan Edwards.
Paul and his team have joined us from
@Eastwood_Hanley
at Step 7.
Welcome!
MAN OF THE MATCH
The opposition man of the match was given to Carl Allen after the Nuneaton Griff game last Saturday.
Nutty has now made 513 appearances for the mighty Romans!
Well done Nutty!
#Romans
Statto alert...
The Romans starting XI and 3 named substitutes that beat Atherstone 1-0 yesterday had an average age of just 19.
Nine of the 14 are teenagers.
The oldest (goalscorer Tom Brown) is 25.
All the other 13 players are 21 or under.
#YoungRomans
#GoWithYouth
#Rebuild
We are very happy to retain the services of Carl Allen (Nutty) and Matt Nutt for the upcoming season. Loyalty personified, all the very best fellas.
#totalrebuild
Our sincere condolences go out to our friends and neighbours
@UttoxeterTownFC
and Dean Arnold's family and friends following yesterday's awful news.
Our thoughts are with you all, there really are no words. 🖤💛💔
#LocalLegend
What a season
@JordonDodd
is having!
1. Thirteen goals in all competitions!
2. Scored in his last six games he’s started!
3. An average of 1.09 goals a game!
4. Four approaches from other clubs and he’s rejected all of them!
A true case of loyalty! Keep it up Doddy! 💛🖤
We can go to the beach
We can go to the pub
We can go the cinema
We can go out for grub
But we can’t let the fans in
To stand and watch in fresh air
Because the powers that be
Say it’s too dangerous there
Come September 1st
The season’s due to begin
Enough is enough
#LetFansIn
BREAKING NEWS: Rocester FC are delighted to announce the signing of striker Karl Ashton. The former Derby County, Gresley and Mickleover Sports striker played for the Romans briefly last season and has also represented England School Boys. Welcome Karl!
#Romans
#TransferNews
Another landmark today as
@MattNutt20
made his 150th Romans appearance this afternoon.
Not the way we would have wanted to celebrate it but a fantastic achievement!
#Romans
#Mario
Congratulations to Charlie Wood who makes his 100th appearance tonight for the Romans! 🟡⚫️ great achievement Charlie who has become a vital player for rocester!
When pre season began 3 players were left from last term, a rollercoaster 4 weeks and total squad rebuild has taken place,there are possibly going to be some highs and definitely some lows this year but this is a long term project not a quick fix and we are all in it together
We may be in lockdown and the season brought to a premature end however how about a bit of the legend that is Carl Allen to brighten your evening up.
Keeping himself entertained and fit ready for the new season whenever that is. 🖤💛
#RocesterAllOverTheWorld
⚽️Skipper Signs On⚽️
We are delighted that skipper Carl Allen has committed to another season with the club as we head into a new league.
Nutty has been at the club for so long and bleeds Amber and Black
#Legend
🚨 Signing Alert 🚨
Carl Allen re signs for the 20/21 season for the Romans
Nutty passed the 500 appearance mark last season and is a legend in his own right.
Really important to get him over the line. His experience and knowledge will be massively important this year
💛🖤
As this
#totalrebuild
season draws to a close, we would like to thank every player that has pulled on our colours over the past 10mths, you have all been instrumental in making
@RocesterFC1876
a good place to play and be again, thanks a million fellas
Really pleased to say that despite an approach from another club in our league that
@JordonDodd
has decided to continue his football journey
@RocesterFC1876
lovely and refreshing that an 18YO is playing for the right reasons
#massivepartoftherebuild
🚨 Signing Alert 🚨
Macauley Rowe re signs for the 20/21 season for the Romans
@MaccaRowe1
will look to grab his chance with both hands and nail down a spot in the side. Macca’s attitude for the club and team is fantastic.
🖤💛
After accessing the club house last night we thankfully found the damage to be very minimal.
The water on the pitch subsided well and only the corner by the turnstiles remains under water.
After a lot of cleaning up and depending on the weather we’ll try to get Saturday on. 🤞🏼
We would like to wish two of our young first teamers, Morg and Darlo, both a speedy recovery after both have spent time in hospital over the past few days with different medical conditions get well soon fellas from everyone
@RocesterFC1876
A fantastic well done to
@Wrighty17
his staff and the players for not giving up at 2-0 down and coming back to win the game! That’s £725 in the bank and we’re in the 1st Round Proper of The FA Vase! Onto next weekend! Rocester all over the world! 💛🖤
The pitch looking great in preparation for some of the friendly matches we have over the next two months... more info on these will be announced soon 🟡⚫️⚽️
A very massive thank you and Merry Christmas to our unbelievably awesome tiny band of folk that make
@RocesterFC1876
a wonderful place to be,
Barry, Bill, Mick, Gareth, Dave, Sam, Jane and Eddie, you will never realise how priceless you all are
Thank you all so much 🎅🏻🤶🏻
Welcome to Jordan Godfrey, Jordan is very kindly sponsored by M & H Gardening Solutions. We wish Jordan the best of luck and thank M & H for their support
#totalrebuild
How good was it to see this Romans legend back between the sticks?! With no keeper available Richard Froggatt stepped up! Thank you Froggy!
#legend
#stillgotit
Photo Credit: Mark Parsons
No matter if we win, lose or draw... We are Rocester Football Club and we will keep fighting in every game we play until the very end. Stay positive everyone and no matter what the outcome come the end of this season, we will have done it our way and we won’t EVER GIVE UP! COYR!
Whatever tomorrow and the next 9 months may bring working with these kids for the past weeks has restored my faith in the game i love, they want to learn, play for the right reasons and not a one has asked me for a penny let the rollercoaster begin
#totalrebuild
Andy O’Connor
Rocester football club would like to welcome Adam Drew to the back room match day team. Adam will be joining as match day secretary and also take the role of the social media match day updates.
Rocester FC are delighted to announce the registration of 18 year old striker
@_LiammRobinson
from Eastwood Hanley. Liam is a striker and scored 21 goals in his first season at Step 7 and has an average of a goal every 2 games from his time at Eastwood. Welcome to Rocester Liam!
HE’S BACK!!!
We’re delighted to announce that
@JordonDodd
has returned to Hillsfield after spells at Sporting Khalsa & Atherstone Town.
We’d like to thank Atherstone for waiving the 7 days notice so Jordan could sign in time for The Vase.
Welcome home Doddy!!!
#Romans
💛🖤
🟡⚫️ NEW SIGNING! 🟡⚫️
Name: Joe Payne
Age: 22
From: Stapenhill
"brilliant to be working with Joe again his honesty in midfield is what the team is lacking he's still learning but will improve the team, hardwork is part of his make up" - Mark Wilson
42 | GOAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! 2-0 ROMANS!!!
A long range shot is spilt by the keeper. And Regan Upton is alert to it, and gets it in on the rebound from close range