FA Vase

BARKS WORSE THAN HIS BITE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 February 2024

By Wendy Atkinson

EMLEY AFC 2
Banks 68, Walshaw 82

WHICKHAM 0

GOOD TIMES:Emley players and fans celebrate with James Walshaw (third left)
PICTURE: Arthur Haigh/ WhiteRosePhotos

SECOND-half goals from Charlie Barks and James Walshaw saw high-flying Emley reach the quarter-finals of the FA Vase at the expense of Northern League Whickham yesterday at the Fantastic Media Welfare Ground.
The fifth-round fixture was itself a repeat of the only previous meeting of the two sides, when Emley came out on top en route to the semi-finals of the same famous competition some 40 years ago.
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