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Southport 2-3 Altrincham: Peers pressure pits Port

ALTRINCHAM came from behind and then survived a tense finale as they edged a five-goal thriller at Haig Avenue.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 October 2021

By Rob Urwin

ALTRINCHAM came from behind and then survived a tense finale as they edged a five-goal thriller at Haig Avenue.
After a quiet start, the game burst into life on 35 minutes when Port’s Marcus Carver got on the end of some impressive inter play between Dylan Vassallo and Jack Bainbridge to finish from close range.
Southport had the ball in the net again five minutes later but it was disallowed for a foul on Altrincham keeper Matty Gould.
After being rather subdued, Alty sprung to life with, firstly, Tom Peers slotting home from seven yards and, in first-half stoppage time, Josh ...

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