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Anchors won’t be grounded for long
Chairman Martin Hillerby is backing his Stockton Town to bounce back from their play-off heartache – especially given the club’s history of spectacularly recovering from adversity.
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Latest News
/ 2 weeks agoStockton Town axe means Guiseley are reprieved
Guiseley were last night reinstated into the NPL Premier play-offs after Stockton Town were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player in their play-off semi-final victory.
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoBY GEORGE! THE BLUES RESCUE A LATE POINT
By Garry Clarke WARRINGTON RY 1 MORPETH TOWN 1 GEORGE WARING rescued a point for Warrington Rylands, heading in his 11th goal of the campaign deep into stoppage time as The Hive Arena’s final game...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoHayes is the hero with super strike
By James Cartwright STOCKTON TOWN 1 HYDE UNITED 0 KEV Hayes’ sublime long-range goal propelled Stockton Town to a home play-off semi-final against Guiseley on Tuesday night. Both sides missed big chances in an even...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoCABLES ARE TIED UP AS SPORTS BOW OUT IN STYLE
By Richard Scott MICKLEOVER 2 PRESCOT CABLES 0 MICKLEOVER’S time at Step 3 came to an end with a final day victory over Prescot Cables. The Derbyshire club have spent a decade in the third...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoWELLINGBORO’ TN 1 SHEPSHED DYNAMO 1
DIV 1 MIDLANDS By Wilf Alexander ■ THIS mid-table Midland Division tussle ended with the honours shared. The hosts had the better of the first half but it took until two minutes before the interval...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoSHERWOOD COLL 1 GRIMSBY BORO’ 0
DIV 1 EAST By Richard Scott ■RELEGATED Sherwood Colliery signed off from their time in the Northern Premier League with a narrow win over Grimsby Borough. Charlie Clements got the game’s only goal after 14...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoBRIDLINGTON TOWN 0 BELPER TOWN 2
DIV 1 EAST By Ben Edwards ■ BRIDLINGTON Town played out their final NPL East game of the season with a defeat to play-off contenders Belper Town. It was the visitors who had the first...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoEMLEY AFC 2 CONSETT 1
DIV 1 EAST By Mike Rimmer EMLEY secured a playoff place in their first ■ season back at Step 4 after a dramatic last-day win over Consett. Following surviving an early penalty scare they took...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoSHEFFIELD FC 1 BRIGHOUSE TOWN 2
DIV 1 EAST By Stuart James ■ BRIGHOUSE Town came out on top in the battle of the relegated teams. Club got off to the perfect start at the Home of Football Stadium as Stephen...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoRESILIENT ROBINS IN FINAL-DAY AWAY RAID
By Trevor Marshall BAMBER BRIDGE 1 ILKESTON TOWN 2 ILKESTON TOWN ended the Northern Premier League season with a win away at Bamber Bridge. Having controlled the first half, the visitors went into the break...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoCLEETHORPES TN 1 LIVERSEDGE 1
DIV 1 EAST By David Simpson ■ WITH nothing at stake apart from pride, Cleethorpes Town and Liversedge played out a low-key draw on the east coast. Although already relegated, Liversedge held their own against...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoTigers rub salt into Spartans’ wounds
By John Chapman BLYTH SPARTANS 2 WORKSOP TOWN 3 WORKSOP Town inflicted an 11th straight defeat on a Blyth side that finished 19 points adrift at the bottom after managing just three league wins all...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoGARFORTH TOWN 0 PONTEFRACT COLL 1
DIV 1 EAST By Jon McGourty ■ BOTH Garforth Town and Pontefract Collieries came into this match with little to play for except a higher final position in the table. A frantic opening few minutes...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoHIGH-FLYING LIONS ARE DENIED BY RED REBELS
By Steven Wood FC UNITED 1 GUISELEY 1 THE curtain came down on another Broadhurst Park season with FC United playing out a draw with play-off bound Guiseley, Michael Donohue cancelling out the opener from...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoWORCESTER CITY 2 LOUGHBORO’ STUD 0
DIV 1 MIDLANDS By Lewis Howarth ■CITY took control of the game against Loughborough Students from the opening stages and put their bright start to good use 18 minutes into the match when Elliott Hartley’s...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoAmbers’ gamble ends in a draw
By Callum Wright BASFORD UNITED 2 HEBBURN TOWN 2 BASFORD UNITED fought back from two goals down to secure a draw against Hebburn Town at Greenwich Avenue to end their season on a high. The...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoBISHOP AUCKLAND 1 CARLTON TOWN 2
DIV 1 EAST By Alan Murphy ■FIRST-HALF goals from Lamin Manneh and Alex Howes were enough to earn Carlton Town a win at Bishop Auckland in joint-manager Tommy Brookbanks’s last game in charge. Brookbanks had...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoHowe brace boosts Trinity
By Rob Hughes GAINSBORO’ TR 2 LEEK TOWN 1 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY brought the curtain down on a memorable season, with their fourth win on the bounce. Declan Howe’s brace, either side of Alex Hurst’s equaliser...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoBRADFORD PA 0 ASHINGTON 1
DIV 1 EAST By Dave Sinclair BRADFORD Park Avenue had a disappointing ■ end to the season as they lost at home to Ashington. The hosts will feel they should had gone into the break...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoMacclesfield 4-0 Whitby Town: Robbie Savage salutes his epic Silkmen
Robbie Savage hailed his side ‘the best ever’ as his record-breaking Macclesfield men saw off Whitby Town to cap off a memorable campaign.
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoRAWSON ISN’T WASTING TIME
DIV 1 EAST DUNSTON 0 STOCKSBRIDGE 1 By Callum Pattison STOCKSBRIDGE Park Steels rounded off a fantastic few months with a win at Dunston. Luke Rawson continued his superb form as he fired The Steels...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoHONOURS EVEN IN FINALE
By Mark Duffy MATLOCK TOWN 1 LANCASTER C 1 MATLOCK and Lancaster shared the final day spoils in a largely sedate encounter in the Derbyshire Dales. The first chance of note saw Basile Zottos volley...
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoNORTH FERRIBY 1 HEATON STAN’TON 2
DIV 1 EAST By Tom Devereux ■DESPITE seeing Jack Johnson open the scoring for the Villagers, a Heaton goal either side of half-time handed Ferriby defeaton the final day. Despite the home side’s time whistle....
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Northern Premier League
/ 3 weeks agoRiotous Reds sign off in style
By Steve Durham WORKINGTON 5 ASHTON UNITED 1 WORKINGTON treated another excellent Borough Park crowd to a final-day goal spree, registering their best win of the season. They put play-off bound United to the sword...