National League North

ACE ASANTE SPEEDS IN TO SHOCK THE BUCKS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 September 2019

By Richard Worton
AFC TELFORD 1
CHESTER 3
AN AKWASI Asante hat-trick tore this game away from Telford, two goals by the 22-minute mark giving the Seals an unassailable advantage. A third on the hour provided the gloss to a dominant display that even a late Jamie Morgan red card barely dented.
Chester were out of the blocks quickly, Asante directing a header beyond Andy Wycherley on 11 minutes from Brad Jackson’s rightwing cross.
The Bucks’ afternoon worsened when Asante scored again on 22 minutes.
Slipped through the home defence, his quick, low shot came back off the base of Wy...

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