Northern Premier League

ALTRINCHAM DIG DEEP

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 December 2017

MICKLEOVER SPORTS 1 ALTRINCHAM 2

By Phil Matthews
AGAINST the top team in the league, Mickleover always knew that they were going to be up against it.
But although the points went back North with the visitors, Sports came out of the game with great credit.
Altrincham started the contest with an intensity that caught the hosts on the back foot.
Sports failed to clear a shot that had been pushed away at close range by keeper Lewis King and Tom Peers fired the ball into the net to give his side an 18th minute lead.
The visitors looked dangerous in the opening 30 minutes, attacking down the Spo...

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