Northern Premier League

BROS OFF TO FLYING START

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 January 2026

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
COVENTRY SPHINX 2 LOUGHBORO’ STUD 1
By Phil Ellis

NEW MANAGERS Ryan and Joe Conneely started life at Coventry Sphinx with a win, whilst Loughborough remain rooted to the foot of the table.
Students took the lead after 28 minutes, however, when Ashden Shortland wrong-footed Jake Bull in the Coventry goal to poke home after stealing the ball from Jamie Draper’s possession.
But the second half belonged to the hosts who equalised five minutes after the restart through Iddriss Fuseini’s strike. The Scholars were then undone in the 74th minute when Dam...

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