Northern Premier League

WITTON ALBION 3 MATLOCK TOWN 3

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 November 2017

By Andy Simpson
■WITTON Albion and Matlock Town shared the spoils after a game in which both sides had taken a turn leading. The home team twice punished a mistake from Gladiators goalkeeper Phil Barnes to reach the interval with a slim advantage. He spilled Prince Haywood’s through-ball into Rob Hopley’s path on 12 minutes, and the striker swept into an empty net. And the custodian’s face was redder still shortly before the interval when he allowed Paul Williams’ direct free-kick to squirm through his fingers. In between, Shaun Harrad steered an equaliser in f...

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