Northern Premier League

IT’S END OF THE ROAD AS LIONS’ NINE DROP DOWN

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 April 2025

MORPETH TOWN 2 BASFORD UNITED 2
By Chris Mills

NINE-MAN Basford United were relegated despite sharing the spoils with Morpeth Town in an action-packed encounter.
It took 35 minutes for a chance of substance when Highwaymen forward Nic Bollado crossed to Luke James, who tried to glance the ball into the far corner with his foot but it flew narrowly wide.
The breakthrough came eight minutes later when Sam Hodgson received the ball in a pocket of space outside the box and had the time to curl the ball into the top corner.
The Lions came out for the second period with more purpose and...

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