Rosso return to Oxford Street on Saturday to host The Lions in what will be the second time against Albion in the space of just five days following a penalty shootout victory in the Northern Counties East League JCP Construction Cup round three on Monday night away at their groundshare home the Horsfall Community Stadium.

Doncaster’s highest ranked Non-League side revert their attention back to NCEL Premier focus with Greg Young’s side most recent thrilling 4-4 draw at home in the league to play-off chasing Thackley last Saturday.

Like the Dennyboys, Albion also sit in a strong place for potential promotion having also reached the end-of-season top five last campaign in 5th place of which Rosso found themselves 4th however both sides after a 0-0 draw away at Garforth Town would lose on penalties against The Miners. Albion convincingly defeated Pickering Town 4-0 on Saturday in their most recent NCEL Premier game.

Prior to Monday’s domestic cup advancement for Rossington, last campaign in Rosso’s debut Non-League step 5 season, this fixture was extremely tight as both sides at each other’s ground hit back with an very late equaliser to see both league meetings end one-apiece.

Current Form in All Competitions

Rosso: D*DDLL
Albion: DWWWL

Top Scorers

Nathan Cartman: 28 goals
Ross Hannah: 14 goals

Admission Prices

Admission into Oxford Street for both home and away supporters is priced at £6 for adults, £4 for concessions, £3 for children under-16, £2 U12 and free for accompanied U5s. A family ticket is also available for £15 which consists of x2 adults and x2 children. Members of the 50:50 club can receive discounted entry rates of £5 for adults and £3 for concessions. Limited parking is available inside the stadium for players and officials with the rest operating under a first come first serve basis. All visitors must refrain from parking on Oxford Street and York Street if the designated car park at the ground is at maximum capacity. Additional parking is available at The Miners Welfare car park or on West End Lane. The kick-off time for this game is 15:00.

Last Time Out v Albion

Rosso booked their place in the quarterfinals of the NCEL JCP Construction Cup at the start of this week in front of 48 spectators at Bradford Park Avenue’s Horsfall Community Stadium. Ryan Conlon’s goal for The Lions on the tenth minute looked like it was going to be all-important until Rosso was awarded a penalty deep into additional time of which Ross Hannah soon put away on the 90+4 minute. As the round three tie then went to penalties, Hannah, Paul Sherburn and Brad Grayson all scored with just one missed penalty for Rosso out of four. Albion had scored and missed twice and as a result, Buxton loanee Dylan Mantle stepped forward and confidently rocketed Rosso into the last eight of the competition.