Northern Premier League

BLISS FOR BLISSETT AS RANGERS BEAT REBELS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 August 2023

STAFFORD RGRS 3 FC UNITED 2
By Will Alsop

PREVIOUSLY winless Stafford Rangers survived a late onslaught by FC United of Manchester to get their first points of the season.
Shot-shy Boro’s first goal of the season was an own goal, in the 15th minute, after United keeper Pat Boyes had failed to claim a corner and two of his teammates got in a tangle on the line. Luke Griffiths was the unlucky man.
Boro’s Nathan Blissett dominated in the air, and his flick-on started a move that culminated in Joe Willis’s inviting cross in the 25th minute. Niah Payne gambled and t...

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