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ST ALBANS CITY 1 HARROGATE TOWN 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 January 2018

By Jake Ellacott
A DRAMATIC 93rd minute strike from Joe Leesley earned Harrogate Town a replay.
Harrogate’s Jordan Thewliss should have opened the scoring with 19 minutes on the clock when he met a Leesley cross unmarked in the six-yard area. However, the forward could only plant his header wide of Dean Snedker’s near post.
St Albans midfielder Kieran Monlouis was denied by a James Belshaw save with half an hour gone, and it proved to be the only save of the game for the Harrogate stopper as he was forced off prior to the interval with an ankle injury.
The deadlock was broken in...

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