Northern Premier League

Ten-man Celtic triumph

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 February 2020

GAINSBORO’ TRINITY 1 STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 3 By Rob Hughes
STALYBRIDGE halted Trinity’s 11-game unbeaten run, despite being down to ten men for nearly an hour.
An eighth-minute penalty set the visitors on their way – Paddy Lacey converting after Jordan Adebayo-Smith had upended Scott Metcalf.
Celtic were reduced to ten when Craig Hobson was shown a straight red card for dissent just after the half-hour for dissent.
Tempers threatened to boil over as the referee was quick to his pocket moments later as Adam O’Reilly slid into a couple of meaty challenges.
Trinity rallied...

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