Northern Premier League

WITTON ALBION 0 NEWCASTLE TOWN 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 January 2026

DIV 1 WEST
By Andy Simpson

■ NEWCASTLE Town returned to the scene of the most recent away league win – 11 months earlier – and repeated the trick.
Just as he had done on this pitch during a 3-0 victory last February, veteran Tim Grice opened the scoring after pouncing on indecision in the home defence.
The visitors had failed to collect maximum points from any of their 11 previous road trips this season, returning to Staffordshire empty-handed after defeats in nine of those, and fought hard to protect their narrow interval lead. Alfie Bairstow had the best chanc...

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