National League North

Chester turn on the style in Southport rout

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 February 2022

CHESTER 5 SOUTHPORT 0
By Neil Turner

CHESTER recorded their highest victory of the campaign, against a Southport side who had only lost one of their previous 15 League matches.
Youngster Harrison Burke, making his full debut, started the rout with a 20-yard thunderbolt on the half-hour, and with a little more luck he could easily have tripled his tally.
Southport were a shadow of themselves, but they can have no complaints with the final outcome.
Besides Burke’s opener in the first half, Chester could easily have gone in at the break with a greater lead.
However, Cameron Mason in the visito...

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