Northern Premier League

RUNCORN LINNETS 1 STALYBRIDGE C 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 October 2023

WEST DIVISION
By Dave Hailsham

■IT was more than a month since Runcorn Linnets played a league game but they picked up where they left off with a victory.
Will Saxon, on target when these teams met for an FA Cup tie in August, repeated the trick to sink Stalybridge Celtic a second time.
His curling effort on the hour, following Ryan Brooke’s touch, was placed out of goalkeeper Luke Hewitson’s reach.
Billy Painter’s men might have led before the break, going closest when Brooke’s shot struck the woodwork.
Earlier, the front man’s goal-bound ...

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