Northern Premier League

RUNCORN LINNETS 1 CITY OF LIVERPOOL 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 December 2023

DIV 1 WEST
By Andrew Simpson

■ XENON Bahula’s match-winning contribution for City of Liverpool turned around a contest his side still trailing with time running out.
The Purps’ wide man drilled home an equaliser with an emphatic finish, and it was from his low cross that unlucky Runcorn defender Alex Jones, making his first league start, turned into his own goal to decide the outcome.
It was a deserved victory for Paul McNally’s men, who prevailed in the same fixture last season.
Linnets had led at the break, Lewis Doyle firing into the net after an inci...

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