Northern Premier League

HIGHWAYMEN AIM TO STEAL SUCCESS OF ADVERSARIES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 October 2018

By Hugo Varley

ON THE RISE: Morpeth Town Manager Nick Gray, right, celebrates with FA Vase in 2016

WHILE plenty of attention has been given to South Shield’s impressive rise up the Non-League pyramid, local rivals Morpeth Town have been quietly embarking on their own upward progression.
Since winning promotion from the Northern League last season, the Highwaymen have blown most of their opponents out of the water in this season’s Northern Premier
League East to sit proudly at the top of the table ahead of this weekend’s action. Before Saturday’s game against Linco...

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