Northern Premier League

A WIN AT LAST

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 October 2021

By Andy Simpson

WITTON ALBION 1
GRANTHAM TOWN 4
GRANTHAM Town did not disguise their glee after ending a run of 11 matches without a win in striking fashion.
The Gingerbreads scored three times in seven minutes shortly after the interval, wrestling control of a contest they had been second best in.
Harvey Grice set them on a course for victory when he hammered a rebound high into the net.
Nathan Woodthorpe then diverted a low cross into his own net after Jonathan Wafula had wriggled into space behind the hosts’ defence.
If they were dizzy by then, Carl Macauley’s men posi...

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