FA Vase

SCOTT’S JUST SPOT ON

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 February 2018

By Andy Simpson

MARCHING ON: Scott McGowan is ecstatic after rifling home the decisive penalty
PICTURE: Andy Nunn

IT’S testament to the temperament and composure of this 1874 Northwich team that even on a day when they were not at their fluent best they still cruised through.
Their reward is a place in the FA Vase last four for the first time and co-manager Wayne Goodison admitted afterwards that he can’t play down the prospect of appearing at Wembley in May any longer.
“I think it gets serious now,” he said. “It’s a wonderful achievement to have re...

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