National League North

ONE ‘EL OF A CALL, REF

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 August 2017

By Alan Jones
SOUTHPORT 1
YORK CITY 1

BACK! York City players celebrate Sean Newton’s goal, which cancelled out Gary Roberts’ opener for Southport, inset
PICTURES: Simon Marshall

ALAN Lewer was philosophical as he reflected on the sending off that changed the course of this game, but having seen his Southport team develop a quiet sense of momentum, he must have known that a good start to the season was so close to being even better.
Leading 1-0 against sixth-place York City with 11 minutes remaining, the Sandgrounders were in command when Jack Sampson was shown a straight red...

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