Northern Premier League

LEEK TOWN 1 COLNE 0

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 November 2022

DIV 1 WEST
By Dave Burnett

IN front of a crowd of 502, Leek Town laboured to a narrow win to maintain their promotion challenge. But they were pushed all the way by a lively and competitive Colne side.
In a rather drab first half of little goal scoring opportunities, both sides were evenly matched. But the home side found themselves going into the break ahead courtesy of Rob Stevenson’s 25th-minute header that was adjudged to have crossed the line despite Colne protests. The visitors were clearly the better side in the second half and pinned their hosts back for...

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