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Albion show bite to hang on

By Phil Chadwick
WITTON ALBION 1
LANCASTER CITY 0
ALBION had to produce a tremendous rearguard action, playing with ten men, to defend their lead for over an hour as they play catch-up in their league programme.
The only goal of the game came in the 16th minute when on-loan debutant Liam Goulding saw his near post attempt cleared off the line, the ball arriving at Jay Foley’s feet out on the left and his cross was rifled home by captain Rob Hopley.
Both Foley and Hopley then saw their efforts produce corner kicks. Following the latter on the half hour mark, Billy Smart went down with ...

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