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# Chasetown FC brave the elements to secure victory against Romulus
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/chasetown-fc-brave-the-elements-to-secure-victory-against-romulus/
- Published: 2013-02-07T07:56:37.000Z
- Updated: 2013-02-07T07:57:12.000Z
- Author: Paul Mullins
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:24

[![Andy Westwood on the ball. Pic: Dave Birt](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/andy-westward-on-the-ball.jpg "andy westward on the ball")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/02/07/chasetown-fc-brave-the-elements-to-secure-victory-against-romulus/andy-westward-on-the-ball/)

Andy Westwood on the ball. Pic: Dave Birt

Chasetown FC battled the conditions to pick up a valuable victory against Romulus.

The two sides on the field had to thank two other teams that this game even went ahead in the first place. With morning snow, afternoon blizzards and heavy rain throughout the day and first half, the ground staff need to be commended for the pitch being playable in the first place. Secondly, the team of match officials gave the game every chance to go ahead and complete.

Chasetown’s lowest league attendance of the season did see a cracking game of football given the strong winds and rain of the first half, with The Scholars deserving winners against a Romulus side struggling near the base of the table.

But it was the visitors that took the lead in the 16th minute. Tyron Amory found himself some space and zipped a low shot across the greasy surface and inside Matt Sargeant’s post.

Chasetown were backed by a strong wind and were struggling to keep their passing precise, but they did draw level just after the half hour. Theo Robinson drove into the penalty area and his low shot beat Lewis Exall to his right – Robinson’s fifth league goal of the campaign in just ten league starts.

A neat back heel from Joel Purkiss then set up Nick Wellecomme who was denied by a brilliant diving save from Exall, with the first half ending with a long range effort from Rom’s Luke Keen which Sargeant did well to keep out.

Chasetown’s Tesfa Robinson went off injured at half time, replaced by Mark Branch and the game had barely resumed when Chasetown took the lead.

Less than 30 seconds of the second half had elapsed when Purkiss, who was controversially sent off at the weekend after a bright debut, marked his home bow with a thunderous 20 yard effort which left Exall grasping at thin air.

Purkiss was lively throughout and tested Exall with another shot after the end of a surging run forward.

[![Jonathan Gould closes down a Romulus player. Pic: Dave Birt](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/super-sub-jonathan-gould.jpg "super sub jonathan gould")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2013/02/07/chasetown-fc-brave-the-elements-to-secure-victory-against-romulus/super-sub-jonathan-gould/)

Jonathan Gould closes down a Romulus player. Pic: Dave Birt

Wellecomme and Purkiss then combined with a chipped cross which the latter stretched to reach in an attempt to keep his header down, but only managed to clear the crossbar from close range.

The home side extended their lead just over a minute after Jono Gould came on as substitute for the impressive Purkiss. Gould cut into the penalty area from the left hand side and drove a fierce shot inside the keeper’s left hand post for his first senior goal for the Scholars.

Simon Brown flashed a chance just wide of the upright as Chasetown tried to see the game out.

The visitors had other ideas however and reduced the arrears eight minutes from the end when Liam Francis netted.

**Chasetown:** Sargeant, Farmer, Tesfa Robinson (Branch, HT), Slater, Bate, Teesdale, Brown, Westwood, Wellecomme, Purkiss (Butler, 65 mins), Theo Robinson (Gould, 74 mins). Subs not used: Ashton, Clarke-O’Connell.  
**Romulus:** Exall, Wynter, Lee, O’Callaghan, Francis, A Jackson (Smith, 82 mins), Ravenhill, Keen, Amory, Turner, James. Subs not used: Deakin, S Robinson, Evans, Walker.

*Click below to see more of Dave Birt’s pictures from the game:*