National League North

YELLOWS GRAB A THIRD VICTORY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 August 2023

CHORLEY 0 WARRINGTON 1
By Mike Nield

INJURY-HIT Warrington made light of limited resources to make it three wins from four games.
They were helped by a woeful first half by the Magpies, whose play lacked any sort of sustained tempo or necessary aggression.
There was at least some encouragement for home fans in the last half-hour when a couple of substitutions injected much -needed drive into a Chorley team who for the first time looked capable of a goal. But the Yellows defended their area resolutely.
The visitors, however, had two real escapes in that second-half pressure period. ...

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