Non-League Paper

Bears roar into round three

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 November 2023

CONGLETON TN 3 LOUGHBOROUGH S 1
By Ben Jaycock

LAST season’s FA Vase semi-finalists Congleton huffed, puffed and blew down the Students’ house to comfortably progress.
Max McCarthy might have broken the deadlock 11 minutes before half-time, but flicked his header wide from a Peter Williams pass.
The opener arrived five minutes before the break with Darren Chadwick’s header cleared, then swiftly deemed to have crossed the line after the referee consulted his assistant.
George Sankey doubled their lead three minutes later, his bobbling 30-yard drive skipping...

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