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DEFENCES ON TOP AS HONOURS ARE EVEN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 August 2017

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By Neil Turner

CLAWED AWAY: Chester keeper Conor Mitchell dives at full stretch to keep out a FC Halifax effort, earning his side a precious point
PICTURE: Rick Matthews

IN the words of the well worn Hacks cliché, “a draw was a fair result”, for this match that rarely rose above the ordinary.
However, Chester could have nicked all three points late on when Halifax goalkeeper Sam Johnson made a trio of top drawer saves to deny substitutes James Akintunde and Jordan Chapell.
Both managers were in agreement that a share of the spoils was the best outcome, Chester boss ...

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