The home side continued to hold sway following those initial sorties into United’s territory but the Reds weren’t inactive at the other end of the field and more than once the home side needed to be on their guard.



Jared Harlock spurned a great chance to give his side the lead but scuffed his shot with Mee’s goal at his mercy. Isaac Whitehall, Rovers’ central defender and skipper, must have thought he had made the breakthrough when his point-blank header, from Luke Brennan’s free-kick, looked destined to find the net until Mee pulled off a quite remarkable reflex save.



Rovers striker Harry Leonard was also out of luck in their next attack and Brennan fired wide from distance too.



United's best attack was saved for the final moments of the first half when a five-man move ended with Zidane Iqbal’s shot being saved by home ‘keeper Jordan Eastham.

