Northern Premier League

Owolabi’s double trouble

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 September 2019

FC UNITED 4
MORPETH TOWN 2
By Ben Hughes
A BRACE from lively debutant Tunde Owolabi helped secure FC United’s first victory of the league campaign.
The afternoon started brightly for the home side with Owolabi opening the scoring on five minutes.
Morpeth were struggling to get a foothold in the game, but that changed on 22 minutes when Ben Harmison bundled the ball in.
However, the home side retook the lead only a minute later, when Charlie Ennis popped up in the penalty area to score.
And the scoring for FC didn’t stop there, as a ball over the top from Griffiths found the run ...

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