Great recovery as Rocks record second successive win on the road

By Neil Speight

16th Oct 2022 | Football


Late goal hero Brian Moses. Picture by Joe Harrison
Late goal hero Brian Moses. Picture by Joe Harrison

Wroxham 2, East Thurrock United 3

ROCKS battled back from being two goals down early on, to pull off a stunning 3-2 win up at Wroxham, and extend their unbeaten run to five games during which they've picked up eleven points.

Without skipper Oli Spooner, who was serving a one game suspension, Marc Harrison's boys were caught cold right at the start, as the Yachtsmen took the lead through Ryan Miles inside the opening ninety seconds.

It looked bleak for the Rocks as the home side doubled their lead twenty minutes in as Miles struck again.

Rocks needed a spark to ignite the recovery, and it came just after the half hour mark when left wing back Harry Critchley smashed home an absolute belter from outside the box which screamed past keeper Tom Coombe and into the top corner for his first goal for the club.

As the game progressed, it was becoming pretty competitive out there, and fifteen minutes after the interval Wroxham were reduced to ten men when Ryan Hawkins picked up a second yellow.

After going close on a couple of occasions, Rocks drew level when, with some twenty minutes remaining, Roman Michael-Percil scored his first since returning to the club as he fired a sweet strike into the bottom left corner.

With ten minutes left, Rocks were also reduced to ten men as Jack McQueen was cautioned for a second time.

Then, a minute into added time, big Brian Moses controlled a through ball, ran on and shrugged off a challenging defender before calmly shooting past Coombe, to complete a brilliant recovery, and send the travelling Rocks fans into ecstasy.

Right at the end, Rocks Jordan Peart became the third player in the game to pick up a second yellow.

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