Rovers-Southall, Shaw, Mcintyre, Snodin, Hume, Sutherland, Minnett, Goodwin, Maamria, Wright, Maxfield. Subs used- Beckett

At this game we totally dominated for long spells. 3,663 people crammed into Belle Vue in a huge vote of confidence for the new owners. We really should have won but we could not the net and we conceded a 24th minute goal past debutant Neville Southall. Shaun Goodwin was dismissed on 79mins.