Bones' future depends on this
Rothwell Town boss Rob Dunion feels the future of the club rests on them staying in BGB Southern League Division One Midlands this season.
The Bones moved six points clear of the relegation zone with the weekend win over fellow strugglers Barton Rovers.
And Dunion is looking for them to keep the ball rolling at home to Romulus tonight.
This will be the second time the sides have attempted to play the fixture.
The original game lasted just 45 minutes earlier this month before heavy rain brought a premature end with the Roms leading 1-0.
Dunion admitted his side had got out of jail that night.
But they come into this rematch on different terms after the Barton win.
"It wasn't a great performance but it was a good result and at this stage of the season that's what matters," the Bones boss said.
"I need to get across to the players how important it is we stay up – the very future of the club could depend on it.
"I knew what I was taking on when I accepted this job and the club is more stable than it was at the start of the season.
"But we have to keep looking at the bigger picture."
"Romulus will come to us thinking they have a score to settle. But if we play like we did against Barton, we can get something from the game.
"This is the sort of game we can really get our teeth into and the psychological boost of increasing the gap between ourselves and the bottom two will be vital for us."
Robbie Maddox and Kevin Byrne are both banned but Alex Malong returns to the squad and Ali Wiltshire should make his first start.
Youth player James Lorimer also comes in as does new signing Sam Maude, who has played with Northampton Town Reserves and had a spell at Hemel Hempstead Town.
Rothwell from: Dorrill, Malong, Marlow, Flannigan, White, Glass, Hackett, Boyle-Chong, Medine, Goodall, F Koriya, Wiltshire, Maude, McIlwain, Lorimer, Linton.
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