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NICE ONE SKIP! LEES HERO FOR THE HOSTS

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By David Robinson

NICK OF TIME: Mark Lees leads the celebrations

A DRAMATIC lastminute winner was enough for the hosts to see off early season leaders Grantham at a breezy Hurst Cross.
Mark Lees was the man to fire home as stoppagetime loomed, in a game that had looked set to see the points shared.
It took just a few minutes for the first attack as visiting Danny Meadows fired in a fierce effort, blocked before Jack Dyche fired Matty Chadwick’s cross wide of the visiting goal.
A mistake by Lees then allowed Jordan Hempenstall to turn inside Aaron Chalmers with David Carnell in t...

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