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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.

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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...

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