Northern Premier League

Lancaster City 0-0 Hednesford Town: Honours even as rivals dig deep

A crowd of just over 1,000 saw Lancaster City stay top of the NPL Premier with a hard-fought draw against fellow front runners Hednesford Town.

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 October 2025

Lancaster City’s Matty Clarke shoots at goal

By Andrew Satterthwaite

LANCASTER C 0

HEDNESFORD T 0
A crowd of just over 1,000 saw Lancaster City stay top of the NPL Premier with a hard-fought draw against fellow front runners Hednesford Town.
Both sides had opportunities in the opening ten minutes with Bobby Bjork having a shot blocked and Sam Bailey firing a free kick over the crossbar for Lancaster.
At the other end, Hednesford’s Ahkeem Rose had a shot blocked by Joe Ami-son.
Good work by Steve Yawson for Lancaster after 17 minutes set up Dominic Lawson whose shot was saved by Tony Breeden and then a defender just beat Charli...

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