Northern Premier League

Stoppers are stars of low-key show

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 February 2022

BASFORD UNITED 0 ASHTON UNITED 0
By Marc Williams

BASFORD UNITED and Ashton United played out a stalemate at Greenwich Avenue as both goalkeepers came out on top.
Visiting custodian Gregory Hartley made a handful of fine saves that kept Ashton in it, whilst Kieran Preston denied James Melhado right at the death with wonderful acrobatics with only four minutes remaining.
Notts County loanee Tyreace Palmer missed a penalty for the hosts after Matt Thornhill was felled, which saw him sent to hospital with a suspected broken cheekbone.
With both sides in wretched form, and not many goals b...

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