Northern Premier League

Stalybridge Celtic 2-0 Morpeth Town: Evans double ransacks Highwaymen

CELTIC cruised to their first win of the season at a soggy Bower Fold as they condemned Town to their third defeat in a row.

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 August 2021

By Keith Trudgeon

STALYBRIDGE C 2
MORPETH TOWN 0
CELTIC cruised to their first win of the season at a soggy Bower Fold as they condemned Town to their third defeat in a row.

They opened the scoring on 13 minutes when Stephen Brogan whipped in a corner from the right and Ioan Evans rose highest at the far post to power a header into the top corner of the net,
Callum Harris should have done better with a clear-cut chance for the hosts and Charley Doyle saw his 25-yard drive cannon to safety off Dan Lowton’s right-hand post as Celtic dominated. In a rare Town attack Jack Foalle was lucky to o...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related TopicsMorpeth Town Premium Stalybridge Celtic

Read our latest news on any of these social networks!

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Non-League Newsletter

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in Northern Premier League

Moore’s Marvels defy the odds

Emotional Daniel Moore described Hebburn Town’s shock Northern Premier League title success as a ‘proud moment’ for the football club.
Johnno’s Gigg is going to plan

Boyhood Bury fan Anthony Johnson didn’t need to be told of the pressure cooker at Gigg Lane – but even his kids came home from school talking about it!
Tracey’s triple tops as Pewits power on

NPL EAST PLAY-OFF FINAL By Joshua Birkin EMLEY AFC 0 BRADFORD PARK AVE 0 AET, Emley AFC won 5-4 on penalties EMLEY AFC treated a record crowd of 1,771 to a promotion as they beat ten-man Bradford Park Avenue on penalties in the NPL East play-off final after a goalles...
Which Non-League teams are in play-off action this week?

The Non-League regular season reached its dramatic conclusion at the weekend, but now the play-offs take centre stage across the country.