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Stalybridge Celtic 4-4 Vauxhall Motors: Goal-fest as Aaron Chalmers makes up for Gaffe

A topsy-turvy eight-goal thriller ended all square in the NPL West’s top-of-the-table clash at Bower Fold.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 December 2025

Vauxhall Motors Kyle Sambor celebrates equalising to make it 3-3

DIV 1 WEST
By Taran Dhamrait

STALYBRIDGE C 4
Scarisbrick 14, Chalmers 35, 54, Jones 64
VAUXHALL MTS 4
Chalmers 5 (og), Rushton 19, 90+2, Sambor 63
A topsy-turvy eight-goal thriller ended all square in the NPL West’s top-of-the-table clash at Bower Fold.
Vauxhall Motors started the brighter side and came out of the traps with lightning speed.
Match action
They were rewarded after five minutes when a cross was diverted by Aaron Chalmers into his own net.
This sparked the home side into life and Andy Scarisbrick equalised after 14 minutes following a great free-flowing move down the right wing...

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