Northern Premier League

Ethan keeps head for a point

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 January 2022

ATHERTON COLLS 1 STAFFORD RGRS 1
By Rob Clarke

ATHERTON COLLIERIES and Stafford Rangers took a goal apiece as they stay neck and neck in the table.
It was certainly not a match for the footballing purists, with the game a physical contest throughout and the majority of the action coming through set pieces.
The hosts started brightly, with Ethan Kershaw narrowly failing to convert from an early opportunity. The game sparked to life after a quarter of an hour, when the physicality of Boro midfielder Tom Tonks led to a Collieries penalty following a body-check on Declan Daniels. Colls ski...

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