National League North

TOWN CURB LOSING RUN WITH GUTSY AWAY POINT

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 April 2017

ALTRINCHAM 1
ALFRETON T 1
By Andrew Marshall
A BATTLING display earned Alfreton Town their first point in seven at Altrincham, with Andrew Monkhouse’s first-half strike cancelled out by an own goal from Reds keeper Fabian Spiess.
The Derbyshire side had lost six on the bounce but started brightly as Wesley Atkinson played a lovely through-ball to Adam Priestley but was denied by a fantastic reaction stop from Tim Deasy.
The Robins grew into the game and could’ve been ahead on the halfhour mark as the lively Nicky Clee ran clear but stumbled as he shot and Spiess saved.
Niall Hea...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in National League North

Fans key to Pitmen progress, says Kelv

Hednesford Town go into Monday's play-off final with Warrington Rylands on the back of a 2-0 semi-final victory over Stockton Town – and boss Kelvin Davis is hoping to again make the most of home advantage.
Neil’s set his sights high

By Andrew Simpson LEAP OF FAITH: Neil Reynolds is hoping Warrington Rylands can continue to upset the odds PICTURE: John Hopkins When Warrington Rylands went behind inside five minutes of Tuesday night’s play-offs semi-final starting, Neil Reynolds knew not to panic. A fortnight or so earlier, when far fewer eyeballs...
Oxford City help Response resident Anthony to realise his football dream

A pensioner who requires around-the-clock care from Oxfordshire’s largest independent mental health charity had a day to remember at Oxford City after receiving an invite.
National League roundup: Boreham Wood and Scunthorpe United through to the semi-finals

Scunthorpe United will meet Rochdale in the semi-finals of the National League play-offs after defeating Southend United, while Boreham Wood saw off Forest Green Rovers to set up a clash with Carlisle United.