National League North

MAGPIES HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SECOND BEST

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 April 2019

By Mike Nield

JUST SHORT: Chorley missed out on automatic promotion despite winning
PICTURE: Stefan Willoughby

Astunning hat-trick by livewire Louis Almond edged Chorley to victory in a wind-spoiled game which only really sparked into life in the second half.
In the end neither side was better placed than before kickoff, Chorley having to settle for the runners-up spot and a home play-off semi-final and Avenue holding on to the last shootout slot as rivals Telford were also beaten.
Both teams struggled to master the boisterous wind in a scrappy first half hour of few clear openings. A...

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