Northern Premier League

PRITCHARD GOAL GIVES THE BUCKS THE EDGE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 February 2019

By Tony Tomlinson
BUXTON 1
GAINSBOROUGH TR 0
BUXTON secured victory over fellow play-off hopefuls Trinity in a potentially significant six-pointer.
The outcome was decided by John Pritchard’s lovely 21stminute goal. Collecting a loose ball 25 yards out from goal, he drilled a low shot past keeper Jon Stewart.
By then the Bucks could already have been ahead but the lively Brad Grayson chipped narrowly wide on five minutes and then was racing clear of the visiting defence when he was fouled by Simon Russell, who was shown a yellow card.
Grayson also went close on the stroke of half-time...

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