Northern Premier League

NORTH WEST

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 March 2020

By John Walsh
WORKINGTON AFC 3
BRIGHOUSE TOWN 1
■ A DRAMATIC finish saw Workington score two goals to stay seven points clear at the top of the table.
The home side going ahead on 25 minutes direct from a free-kick. Dave Symington saw his 40-yard effort deceive keeper Jordan Porter, carried by the strong wind, and he could only help it into the net.
Brighouse drew level on 66 minutes with a 25-yard drive from Reece Kendall, but were reduced to ten men on 82 minutes when teenage substitute Josh Austerfield, on debut, was sent off for a second yellow card.
Two minutes later, Workington ...

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