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Clitheroe 4-2 Stockton Town: Blues pull out all stops!

Brave Clitheroe shrugged off their indifferent league form and high-flying Stockton Town from the NPL Premier in a sensational Isuzu FA trophy clash.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 October 2025

Late goals in each half lift Clitheroe
By Chris Musson

CLITHEROE 4

Parny 40, Briggs 45+2, Gill 45+3, Jackson 90+4
STOCKTON T 2

Scott 14, Bramwell 28
Brave Clitheroe shrugged off their indifferent league form and high-flying Stockton Town from the NPL Premier in a sensational Isuzu FA trophy clash.
This fixture had the large, raucous Shaw-bridge crowd enthralled from start to finish.
Afterwards, Clitheroe manager Sean McConville told The NLP: “We have made history today.
“I could not be happier for the players and fans.”

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