Northern Premier League

HUGHES HEADS A LATE LEVELLER

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 October 2017

MARINE 1
GRANTHAM TOWN 1
By Ralph Rands
MARINE skipper Adam Hughes’s 90th-minute goal rescued a point against tenman Grantham on Merseyside.
Vinny Bailey sent an early effort wide before the visiting Gingerbreads moved into the ascendency, as Andrew Wright’s shot grazed the angle before Danny Meadows’ header from a corner beat Ben Barnes but not the crossbar.
But Wright wasn’t to be denied and eight minutes before the break Grantham forced a mistake in the home rearguard, with the midfielder cutting in from the left before drilling a low 20-yard shot in.
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