Northern Premier League

SCHOLARS UNDER THE WEATHER

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
BOURNE TOWN 2 LOUGHBORO’ STU 1
By Sam Deakin

BOURNE Town emerged winners in tough conditions by seeing off Loughborough Students in a relegation six-pointer.
In a frantic start, the hosts’ Connor Furey headed the ball onto to Zac Allen to nip in and slam home to slam home in the first minute.
Loughborough struggled to adapt to the weather, which kept Bourne on top and they were duly rewarded in the 20th minute as Richard Jones headed home from an Allen corner. After the break, Loughborough came out firing on all cylinders though and had a series of cha...

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