Non-League Paper

SPOT-KICK STAR MELVIN IS DOUBLE SAVIOUR

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 December 2020

By Craig Stoddart
DARLINGTON 2
AFC TELFORD 2
Darlington win 5-3
on penalties
MELVIN Minter was Darlington’s penalty hero as they squeezed into the next round.
The keeper saved a spot-kick in normal time and another in the shoot-out to give Quakers revenge for last month’s 2-1 league defeat to the Bucks.
Darlo led early when Jarrett Rivers’ deflected shot beat Bucks keeper Russell Griffiths.
But thereafter Telford had the better of it, responding well, creating several chances before levelling on halftime through Aaron Williams, heading his fourth goal of the week.
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