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Alfreton Town 1-1 FC Halifax Town: Wild boys lead a charmed life with shoot-out win

FC Halifax Town scraped through to the FA Trophy fifth round by the skin of their teeth after needing penalties to edge past Alfreton Town.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 January 2022

By Kurt Bigg

ALFRETON TN 1
Branson 28

FC HALIFAX TN 1
Spence 22
FC HALIFAX TOWN WON 3-2 ON PENS

FINE MARGINS: Alfreton Town’s Dayle Southwell is denied by Halifax Town goalkeeper Sam Johnson and inset, Halifax Town’s Jack Senior fires in the winning penalty

PICTURE: Dan Westwell

NATIONAL League high-flyers FC Halifax Town scraped through to the FA Trophy fifth round by the skin of their teeth after needing penalties to edge past Alfreton Town.
Kian Spence put the away side in front in the first half before the National League North Reds responded through Connor Branson.
Alfreton were ...

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