Northern Premier League

GOALKEEPER SHANE STARS TO KEEP THE BLUES ALIVE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 April 2026

WHITBY TOWN 0 CLEETHORPES T 0

By Andrew Snaith

THIS was the most popular goalless draw Whitby Town have ever forced at the Towbar Express Stadium!
The Blues secured a 29th season in the NPL Premier as they clung on for the point they needed in front of 670 supporters on the Yorkshire coast.
As expected, goalkeeper Shane Bland was busy early on.
He made a tremendous save to deny Cleethorpes’ Leon Gibson-Booth inside five minutes.
Bland then reacted well to deny ex-Scarborough player Max Wright. The former Middlesbrough man saved well again from Liam Hughes’ downward heade...

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