Non-League Paper

NPL DIV 1 EAST

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 December 2024

By Gary Welford

CONSETT AFC 4
PONTEFRACT COLL 3
CONSETT and Pontefract served up a feast ■ of football despite the ravages of Storm Darragh.
The home side took the lead after 17 minutes as David Allasan netted his first Consett goal.
But two goals in a minute turned the game on its head. After 31 minutes, Marc Costello was judged to have handled Jack Greenhough’s long throw, and Jack Boyle scored the penalty. A minute later, a misplaced backpass gave Bailey Thompson his goal.
Consett levelled after 60
minutes when Allasan took advantage of a defensive mix-up, and ...

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