Northern Premier League

MATLOCK TOWN 1 BLYTH SPARTANS 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

DIV 1 EAST
By Mark Duffy

■ MATLOCK made it four wins out of four with a narrow but hard-fought victory against Blyth Spartans.
Harlain Mbayo and Ryan Viggars both went close for the hosts early on, Blyth also seeing a good chance go begging in a largely even first-half.
The second-half then saw Blyth come out strongly and Matlock keeper Dylan Wharton had to be alert on two or three occasions to pull off fine stops to deny them.
The winner came after 59 minutes as Matlock broke from a Blyth corner and Cameron Wilson and Conor Washington combined for the latter to eventually f...

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