Northern Premier League

PROLIFIC ACE JOHNSON IS TOWN’S ACE YET AGAIN…

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 April 2022

MORPETH TOWN 1 FC UNITED 0
By Ross Jackson

ANDREW Johnson’s early goal proved decisive as Morpeth Town earned a vital win at home to FC United of Manchester in the Pitching In NPL Premier Division.
Both sides went into the game seeking to keep alive their play-off hopes and both knew their chances would, in reality, end with defeat at Craik Park.
The visitors were in Milan in midweek, as part of a continental Non-League tournament, but showed no ill effects in the early stages.
However, the Highwaymen seized the initiative on 11 minutes through Johnson’s 22nd goal of the ...

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