Northern Premier League

BOOTLE A STALYBRIDGE CEL A

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 February 2026

DIV 1 WEST
By Brendan Doyle

THIS encounter between rivals with sights ■ set on a play-offs place was abandoned after the interval due to heavy rain.
The pitch passed a morning inspection, but a further downpour left the surface waterlogged with Bootle holding a slender lead.
Courtney Duffus converted a penalty to put the in-form Bucks in front and he was left unmarked at the far post to divert a free-kick into the net from close range after 19 minutes.
Stalybridge rallied though, and Ruben Jerome met Mike Koral’s cross from the right with an emphatic header to halve ...

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