Non-League Paper

Sandgrounders shine through fog

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 December 2021

FARSLEY CELTIC 0 SOUTHPORT 3
By Thomas Ritchie

SOUTHPORT progressed to the fourth round of the FA Trophy as they saw off a depleted Farsley side.
The COVID bug saw Farsley hand a first start to five players, four from their U23s side, and it was always going to be a tough task against their fellow National League North opponents.
With the game played in a heavy fog, both sides found it difficult to string any meaningful attacking moves together in the early stages.
It would be the visitors who opened the scoring 25 minutes in, Jordan Archer rounding Tom Donaghy in the Farsley goal and ...

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