FA Cup

JOHNSTON BEAUTY SINKS AVRO

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 September 2022

By Tom Feaheny

GUISELEY were able to come back from a goal down to defeat Avro and reach the next round of the FA Cup.
Avro were at this stage of the competition for the first time ever and they looked to go even further.
They started brightly and took the lead with just over 20 minutes of the game gone. Liam Ellis worked a bit of space for himself and got a shot
GUISELEY 2
AVRO 1
away that nestled into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.
The hosts got the perfect response as they levelled at the start of the second-half.
A cross by Donald Chimalilo was perfectly weighted...

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