Northern Premier League

SEADOGS SNATCH IT RIGHT AT THE DEATH

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 January 2022

STALYBRIDGE C 0 SCARBOROUGH A 1
By Keith Trudgeon

SCARBOROUGH snatched the points with a freak stoppage-time winner.
The jubilant celebration scenes came about when Lewis Maloney’s speculative punt into the Celtic box found keeper Liam Hughes unsighted by his own defender and the ball bounced tamely past him into the bottom corner.
Despite dominating the game for long periods, it didn’t look as if it was going to be the Seadogs’ afternoon thanks to an inspired performance by the Celtic rearguard, who soaked up the incessant pressure like a sponge and looked virtual...

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