Non-League Paper

Saints survive as Iron draw a blank

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 September 2023

By Chris Sumpter

SCUNTHORPE UNITED 0
BRACKLEY TOWN 0
TWO OF National League North’s promotion heavyweights must do battle again on Tuesday to decide who will progress after a goalless affair at Glanford Park.
Brackley though will be the most grateful at having a second bite of the cherry having rode their luck to frustrate a Scunthorpe side who were twice denied by the woodwork.
In a first half in which clearcut openings were at a premium at both ends of the field, the Saints came the closest to breaking the deadlock when Iron keeper Ross Fitzsimons — who had earlier...

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