by A deceased winner gave Ramsbottom United a 2-1 victory in his derby in Prestwich Heys in the NWCFL Premier Division on Saturday.
Prestwich has to struggle this season, but there are signs of improvement in their latest form and they started light.
And after two minutes they went down to the left, Taura Sambizi brought the ball into the box and fired a shot that shot about Andre Mendez in the gate of the visitor and flashed over Andre Mendez to give them a shock at an early stage.
The Rams took the time to recover because they looked disadvantageous, the rhythm was missing and were clearly shaken by the early setback. They came into play at four wins in a row, but in the early moments they saw a shadow of their familiar self.
In fact, they were grateful to the alarm Maine-Walder and played in the middle, for a few timely interceptions as a sambizi that were consistently impressive, continued to cause problems when Heys led during the break.
When the second half started, the pattern continued in 65 minutes until Richie Baker was introduced.
It seemed as if a switch had been turned over when he took over the midfield for the visitors.
Baker took over a position in the area of the depth route and immediately sat down to work, searched at home to bring the ball forward with metronomic, well-weighted deliveries at the pitch level so that teammates can take the ball under control and keep in their step forward to keep the swing forward.
Suddenly the RAMs issued a real threat, and in 71 minutes the move of the game prompted a number of low exchangers to make them open the Prestwich defense. The ball went to Oummar Camara in the box, but instead of shooting, he covered him Tom Hoyle, who took a moment to compose himself before he drove the ball hard and low past Mitch Allan in The Heys goal for his 23rd goal of a remarkable season.
Due to the breakthrough and with the reacted traveling followers, the rams kept the pressure upright in the last few minutes.
When the game was looking for a tie, the board rose seven minutes after the interruption.
And in the seventh and last minute, the Rams received a free kick in their own half – with some doubt as to whether it was time that it was taken.
Baker got up to drive it into the box, where it finally nudged to Luke Barlow – for a last die – and he got his boots and was able to lead it to the network to achieve the most dramatic surfaces.
Barlow’s joy and that of the Ultras, which was gathered behind the goal, was all too tangible, but they had to save a thought of Prestwich who had done so much to make this a difficult encounter.
Rams boss Steve Wilkes was a easier man at the last pipe and said: “For obvious reasons, not a game to live in the memory for a long time, but I thought we were poor in the first half.
“The change for me was when we introduced Richie Baker, who let us play football again.
“The players will again be recognized that they are done correctly until the end.”
