Northern Premier League

Albion honour legend Hopley

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 April 2022

WITTON ALBION 4 BASFORD UTD 0
By Andy Simpson

WITTON Albion could be forgiven for wondering what might have been after brushing aside Basford.
Had they prevailed at Warrington on Easter Monday, then this would have been a winnertakes-all battle for survival. Instead Carl Macauley’s men had to take consolation from ending a five-year stay in the Northern Premier League’s top flight with their biggest win since November 2018.
They did not look back from the moment James Lawrie swerved in a perfectly-placed opener on 18 minutes. Joe Mwasile applied a neat finishing touch to ...

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