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Morpeth Town 2-0 Gainsborough Trinity: Highwaymen win as fine form continues

Morpeth Town put in a dominant display as they beat Gainsborough Trinity at Craik Park.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 December 2021

MORPETH TOWN 2 GAINSBOROUGH T 0
By Ross Jackson

MORPETH TOWN put in a dominant display as they beat Gainsborough Trinity at Craik Park.
Liam Henderson scrambled a close-range finish home in the ninth minute to give the Highwaymen the advantage before Ben Ramsey slotted home in the 53rd minute to put Town on their way to another victory and extend a run of two defeats in 19 games
He was beaten for a second time though eight minutes after the break following an incisive atin league and cup.
Gainsborough started brightly enough, and hit the bar through Bradley Grayson, but it was as close as t...

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