National League North

Favourites held as Dave saves Celts

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 October 2020

By Thomas Ritchie
FARSLEY CELTIC 1 YORK CITY 1
A LATE Dave Syers header earned Farsley a deserved first point of the season against promotion favourites York City at the Citadel.
Sean Newton had given the visitors a first-half lead, but it was Farsley who took control of the game in the second period, and could well have snatched all three points.
The first big chance of the game fell to the visitors ten minutes in as Matthew Brown found space in the box and forced a terrific reaction save from Steven Drench.
Both sides then had a number of half-chances but it was the Minstermen who took th...

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