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Gainsborough Trinity 0-0 Stafford Rangers: Bishop wants ruthless Blues

Gainsborough and Stafford played out a goal-less draw in an early season top-three clash at the Northolm as both sides maintained their unbeaten start to the season.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 August 2022

By Rob Hughes

GAINSBORO’ T 0

STAFFORD R 0

DENIED: Gainsborough Trinity’s Andrew Wright sees his penalty saved by Stafford Rangers goalkeeper Cameron Belford
PICTURE: Dan Westwell

GAINSBOROUGH and Stafford played out a goal-less draw in an early season top-three clash at the Northolm as both sides maintained their unbeaten start to the season.
Blues’ boss, Neal Bishop was rueful as he reflected on a share of the spoils, “There’s no such thing as one point gained, but it is certainly a case of we probably should have had three.
“First half I thought we started brilliantly, front foot, c...

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