National League North

Holmes sweet Holmes as Reds fall at death

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 December 2025

CURZON ASHTON 2 ALFRETON TOWN 1
By Leon Higgins

SUBSTITUTE Bradley Holmes scored a 95th-minute winner to earn Curzon Ashton a first home win since October as they moved into the play-off places.
After a opening 25 minutes that saw both sides cancel each other out with no goalscoring opportunities, Tony Weston put the Nash ahead in the 27th minute after Crispin McLean played Weston through on goal, before he rounded Alfreton goalkeeper Harry Burgoyne to place the ball into the empty net.
Weston almost doubled Curzon’s lead in first-half added time when he curled an effort from...

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