FA Trophy

LATE RALLY IS IN VAIN FOR TOWN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 September 2020

By Kev Bush
MELKSHAM TN 3 NORTH LEIGH 3 (North Leigh won 5-4 on pens)
NORTH LEIGH scraped into the next round on penalties after giving up a two-goal lead in the last 10 minutes at Melksham Town.
The visitors were two up within the opening 20 minutes and although Jack Ball pulled one back, North Leigh restored their two-goal advantage thanks to George Seacole after the break.
But if the visitors thought they were in the next round, they had more work to do.
It wasn’t until the 83rd minute that Phil Orm- rod nodded in a header for the home side and only a minute later Luke Ballinger eq...

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