Northern Premier League

Tale of two pens and ref!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 December 2019

By Tony Tomlinson
BUXTON 1
LANCASTER CITY 1
AN ENTERTAINING game from two teams at either end of the table saw the spoils shared but it should have been shaded by Buxton on chances alone.
The match, however, will surely be remembered for three highly contentious decisions by referee Abid Hussain.
In the second minute he ruled out what seemed a cleanly headed goal by Buxton centre-back Conner O’Grady. Then, just prior to the interval, the referee awarded Lancaster a penalty for handball after a 20-yard free-kick was blasted into the defensive wall. City’s Rob Wilson duly netted b...

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