Step 4

LINNETS WIN AS THE COLLS LOSE AGAIN

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 January 2025

DIV 1 WEST
By Katie Robinson

RUNCORN LINN 2
ATHERTON COLLS 1
RUNCORN ended their wait for a first win in 2025 to bookend a miserable week for ten-man Atherton.
Luke Wall opened the scoring in the 39th minute with a perfectly-placed curler – seconds after Danny Lafferty had skewed a shot wide for the away side at the other end.
Referee Tom Harland dismissed Colls striker Kielen Adams early in the second half for his part in an altercation with Callum Grogan, but Linnets did not make their numerical advantage count until Lewis Doyle’s emphatic rising finish with eight minut...

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