Northern Premier League

LOWER BRECK 4 ATHERTON COLLS 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 March 2026

DIV 1 WEST
By Eddie O’Neill

■ promotion hopes alive with an emphatic win over mid-table visitors Atherton Collieries.
LOWER Breck kept their After going three games without a win, the hosts got back on track to stay level on points with Vauxhall Motors, who occupy the final play-off spot.
Three goals in an eight-minute spell saw Breck storm into an early lead.
Lewis Buckley turned in from close range after Sam Burns’ initial effort was saved, before the latter layed on a plate for Alex Cherera to stroke home soon after.
Burns then got on the scoresheet himself jus...

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