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COOKSEY’S LUCKY NOT TO SEE RED

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 August 2017

MARKET DRAY 1
SHEFFIELD 1
By Terry Morris
MARKET Drayton fourth draw in five games this season was arguably their toughest.
The more composed outfit for most of the first half, they were forced to spend much of the second struggling to fend off a spirited Sheffield.
Lee Cooksey was lucky to even play the last 45 minutes after an angry and protracted confrontation with referee Daniel Issawi.
But in a faultless second 45 minutes he drove Sheffield to a deserved draw and twice went close to getting a winner himself from corners. Joel Purkiss had struck on 47 minutes to cancel out Dan Beddows 2...

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