National League North

Johnson, Worsnop are Avenue heroes

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 April 2017

ALFRETON T 0 BRADFORD PA 1
By Joshua Smith
A FIESTY affair between two poor sides ended with fine margins deciding the outcome.
It seemed to be Alfreton’s afternoon in the early stages, with Bradford causing problems for themselves at the back.
First, James Knowles interfered with an innocent ball bouncing towards keeper Jon Worsnop and headed narrowly wide of his own goal before Matt Hill played a pressured backpass from six yards nearly through a teammate’s legs.
The visitors took the lead, however. Oli Johnson latched onto a weak headed backpass by Terry Kennedy before roundi...

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