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CITIZENS’ LONG SHOTS PAY OFF

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 October 2019

CITIZENS’ LONG

By Chris Pratt

GISSA HUG! York scorer Alex Kempster, right, celebrates with Adriano Moke and inset, Steve Watson
PICTURE: Gordon Clayton

TWO goals in the space of two firsthalf minutes helped York City sweep aside National League Stockport at a bouncing Bootham Crescent.
Alex Kempster’s 28th-minute effort put Steve Watson’s men on course for a cup shock and once Sean Newton doubled the advantage with a beauty on the half-hour mark, the Minstermen had a lead that they never looked likely to relinquish.
„I can imagine it was a good game to watch, chances for both si...

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