On a cold Tuesday evening in South Elmsall, Rossington were knocked out of the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup in the quarter-final at the hands of Frickley Athletic.

Four days on from the impressive 4-2 triumph over Worsbrough Bridge, Rossington were back in action as they made the trip to Westfield Lane in the Senior Cup quarter-final.

Due to a mix of suspension and injury, there were seven changes to the Rosso side, with only Kian Johnson, Oscar Wainwright, Mack Warne and Mason Warren retaining their places in the starting XI.

The game started on an even keel, with both sides evenly matched, but arguably Main’s best chance of the tie came just after the ten-minute mark. Lucas McKie broke down the right-hand side and picked out Kian Holloway with only the ‘keeper to beat, but the midfielder was left with his head in his hands after side-footing his first-time effort wide.

Another quickfire move from Main shortly afterwards saw Mohssen Mohamed leave his man grounded before attempting to catch Harold Edjangue out at the near post, but the Frickley man had it covered.

The hosts then began to grow into the game as they pushed for the opening goal of the game. And The Blues did have the ball in the back of the net on 19 minutes, with Joshua Dacre hammering home from six yards, but only after the officials ruled Johnson had been unfairly clattered into just before.

Keelan Grist then tested the Rosso goal with a powerful effort on goal after bursting beyond Warne, but Johnson was equal to it with a good low save. The forward then had another go on goal after shielding from Warren to loop over from range.

Lewis O’Connor managed to get the opener Frickley had been searching for with just under ten minutes remaining of the first half. A pass from wide was left by Grist, allowing it to reach the path of the goalscorer, who took one touch before striking across the face of goal and into the bottom corner.

Charles Price came close to adding for the hosts just before half-time, however Johnson was again on hand, this time stopping with an outstretched boot.

With Main’s hopes of a semi-final berth hanging in the balance, Rosso came out of the blocks in the second half. McKie again bombed down the wing, this time to carve a one-on-one chance for himself, but the on-loan Doncaster Rovers man was denied by the legs of Edjangue.

Main threatened with a couple of corners after that, but Frickley would soon find their feet once more. Price would have had his team’s second had it not been for a sublime acrobatic display from Johnson to tip the midfielder’s moving effort from range onto the crossbar 56 minutes in.

There was very little he could have done about the second, however, when Alex Phillipson inadvertently turned in Price’s cross.

After withstanding another series of attacks, Rosso would have another gilt-edged chance to get back into the game with Wainwright beating the onrushing ‘keeper to the ball, only for McKie to put wide of the open goal.

Main were able to make things interesting in the closing stages, though, when captain Warren sent a 25-yard missile flying into the goal with no goalkeeper in the world putting a stop to it.

Any notion of a comeback was soon put to bed in added time when Price’s pass split the defence to feed Deaconn Farrelly, who would finish low and with composure to complete the scoring and end Main’s run in the Senior Cup.

Rosso XI: (GK) Johnson, Wainwright, Warne (79’ Hunter), Phillipson, Young, Holloway (67’ Guilfoyle), Warren, Wilson (73’ Hannah), Mohamed, Noble, McKie