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WHELAN’S MAGIC SETS WHITES ON THEIR WAY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 January 2019

By Anthony Hughes
MERTHYR TOWN 1
SALISBURY 2
THIS was a game between two sides who produced a very decent advert for Southern League football.
On Merthyr’s 3G surface both sides passed the ball freely and largely cancelled each other out in a first half that had seen Merthyr enjoy the better of things for the first half-hour.
Both Lee Lucas and Ashley Evans had longrange efforts turned away by Salisbury goalkeeper James Hills before the visitors began to get a foothold.
Lewis Benson forced a fingertip save from Lewis Webb just before half-time but it was after the break that Salisbury...

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