Non-League Paper

CRAIG SET ON EURO BATTLE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 July 2026

WELSH RND-UP
By Rob Cole

CRAIG Harrison isn’t giving up on The New Saints reaching the second qualifying round of the Uefa Champions League even though his side will have to overhaul a two-goal deficit after their first leg defeat to Azerbaijan champions, Sabah.
A 2-0 defeat on the road for the Welsh champions last week, courtesy of second half goals from Veljko Simic and Kaheem Parris, means TNS will have it all to do on Tuesday night at Park Hall in the second leg, although Harrison believes all is not lost.
“If we had got away with a 1-0defeat it wouldn’t ha...

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