Northern Premier League

GRATTON STRIKE SAVES SEASIDERS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 December 2023

By Marc Williams

BASFORD UNITED 1
WHITBY TOWN 1
AN injury-time equaliser from Jacob Gratton saw Basford United and Whitby Town share the spoils at Greenwich Avenue.
Josh Barnes’ first goal of the season made it look like the hosts would seal the full set of points but a late free-kick saw Town, snatch an unlikely point.
In a dull opening 45 minutes, neither side troubled their opposite goalkeeper on a bitterly cold afternoon.
Bradley Fewster went close for Whitby early on, only to see his shot saved comfortably by Kieran Preston before Barnes, taking aim on the angle, whis...

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