Northern Premier League

WITTON’S LUCK HAS FINALLY CHANGED

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 January 2019

WITTON ALBION 1
MATLOCK TOWN 0
By Andy Simpson
WITTON Albion will make a case they were due a stroke of fortune that ended a wait to win a league fixture on home turf.
That won’t make Lee Beevers, Matlock Town’s full-back, feel any better though after he diverted the ball past his own goalkeeper.
Carl Macauley’s men didn’t care, as they’ve waited two months to savour a success. Backed by a strong wind, the hosts dominated the first-half.
Captain Rob Hopley went closest to finding the net when he steered a header from Danny McKenna’s cross from the right a...

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