Non-League Paper

ITT’S A BIG COUP

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 July 2019

WED 17

ATHERTON Collieries will dip their toes into international waters this week – when they host eighttime Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad Club in a historic friendly.
Al-Ittihad are currently training in Manchester and have already played a behind-closed-doors match against League One Bolton Wanderers.
Collieries boss Michael Clegg explained: “Al-Ittihad are using Bolton as a training base this week and they wanted an extra game before they head back to Saudi Arabia.
“Something like this doesn’t come around often.
The whole experience is going to be incredi...

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