National League

NO FESTIVE CHEER TO BE HAD IN A BORE DRAW

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 December 2019

By Steve Gibbs

BOTH managers tried to lay claim to at least a moral victory, but in truth there was little to spread warmth or festive cheer on a largely insipid afternoon.
The play-off chasing Bees created the best chances in a match which rarely lifted itself above mediocrity – as the Shots failed to record a single shot on target in 90 minutes – and manager Darren Currie chose to accentuate the positives as his team took another tentative step towards improving their faltering away form.
He said: “I’ve got a changing room full of players disappointed that we&rs...

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