Northern Premier League

LEON IS THE MAN TO SINK UNITED

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

DIV 1 EAST
HALLAM 3 OSSETT UNITED 2
By Jm Harper

HALLAM ended their long wait for a home win in the most dramatic way – by scoring deep into added time.
Sub Leon Howarth claimed the game’s decisive goal just moments after Jack Crook’s strike at the other end had appeared to earn for Ossett United a share of the spoils at Sandygate.
It is the Countrymen’s first success in front of their own supporters since early November.
They were rewarded for a fast start when Kiyani Clayton’s neat finish put them in front inside five minutes, only for Crook t...

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