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CHURCH FAIL TO POUNCE AS CANARIES COLLECT RED

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 March 2022

ALVECHURCH 0 HITCHIN TOWN 0
By James Smith

TEN-MAN Hitchin held on to earn a much-needed point from promotion hopefuls Alvechurch.
Midfielder James Peters was given his marching orders midway through the first half of what proved to be a drab affair.
The Canaries started the game the better of the two sides and went close after five minutes when Leon Phillips tipped Rio Dasilva’s cross over the bar.
Relegation-threatened Hitchin were in again just two minutes later when striker Stephen Cawley fired narrowly wide.
But the hosts grew into the match and should have gone ahead when ...

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