Northern Premier League

TRAFFORD1 BOOTLE 2

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 April 2022

DIV 1 WEST
By Dave Law

■ A SCRAPPY game burst into life in the final half hour, with Bootle just about deserving the points.
Trafford should have been ahead at half-time with Mike Burke and Sean Higgins squandering chances, but the visitors forged ahead on the hour when Jack McGowan volleyed home from 10 yards after Johnny McIlwaine had thwarted Tom Peterson.
Seven minutes later, Matty McDonald crashed a shot against the underside of the bar, before McDonald headed home the second.
Trafford were thrown a lifeline in the 88th minute when Burke rammed in from close range and was t...

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