Moulton will enter the history books on Saturday, 2 August when they compete for the first time in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup away at Rossington Main.
Rossington Main Football Club (nicknamed Rosso) play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division (Step 5). Rossington is a former mining village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
The club came into existence in 1919 as Rossington Main Colliery, making their FA Cup debut in 1921.They competed in the FA Cup until the Second World War, reaching the 4th qualifying round in 1924, losing 0–3 to Lincoln City. They played in local leagues such as the Doncaster & District Senior League and Sheffield Association League up to the 1970s (having changed their name to Rossington Miners Welfare in 1948), before entering the Yorkshire League in 1975. Their stay in this league lasted just five seasons, finishing in the lower echelons of Division Three on each occasion. The club entered the Central Midlands League (CMFL) in 1983 after renaming themselves Rossington Main. They won the Premier Division title in 1985 and were promoted to the Supreme Division a year later. In 1991 they joined the Northern Counties East League (NCEL), entering Division One. In 1998, the club amalgamated with Rossington F.C. who had been members of the CMFL (although never in the same division as Main). Although officially a merger, Main were the senior partner and their name and league placing was retained.
In 2022, Rossington Main had one of their most successful seasons since going into Division 1, finishing 5th in the league with 81 points from 40 games. They lost 2–0 in the first round of the playoffs to North Ferriby FC. The next season (2022/23) was even more successful, with the club finishing 3rd in the table and qualifying for the playoff where they defeated Horbury Town F.C. in the final and Rossington Main were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history after more than 30 years in Division One. The last two seasons has seen them finish 4th (2023/24) and 13th last season.
In 2023/24 they were back in FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round action defeating Leicester Nirvana 4-1 at home but losing away in the Preliminary Round v Ashby Ivanhoe, 0-1. Last season saw them go out in the Extra Preliminary Round at home to AFC Mansfield 0-3.
The 'Rosso' started their league campaign last Saturday with a 1-1 draw away at Barton Town, Rossington Main taking the lead on 36 mins only for Barton to equalise on 42 mins.
Admission into the Kalkut's Community Stadium for both home and away supporters is priced at £6 for adults, £4 for concessions, £3 for youth under-18s, £2 for juniors under-12 (must be accompanied), and free for accompanied under-5s. A family ticket is also available for £15, which includes two adults and two youth/junior.