Northern Premier League

HOOPER HAS FOUR-FACTOR AS SHIELDS COMEBACK

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 February 2022

SOUTH SHIELDS 4 NANTWICH TOWN 2
By James Noble

JJ HOOPER’S second-half quadruple kept South Shields top as they came from two-down at the break to defeat relegation-threatened Nantwich, who struck through Sean Cooke and Jake Bickerstaff.
The Dabbers struck first through two incisive advances. An excellent 14th-minute burst by Akiel Raffie ended with Jack Bodenham bringing him down in the box and conceding a penalty which Cooke coolly swept in.
Then, ten minutes later, Bickerstaff weaved between challenges and into the box to fire a right-footed effort across Myles Boney and into...

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