Northern Premier League

ALL-SQUARE AS DEFENCES TAKE BULK OF THE PLAUDITS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 March 2026

LANCASTER CITY 0 CLEETHORPES T 0
By Andrew Satterthwaite

LANCASTER and Cleethorpes battled out a goalless draw in sunny conditions in a game where both sides tended to cancel each other out for long parts of the game.
Both defences were on top in the opening half, snuffing out much of the threat either side could muster and neither goalkeeper was called into action.
City’s Jim Craig and Lewis Mansell failed to capitalise on half chances whilst at the other end Cleethorpes’ Callum Ainley failed to hit the target with a shot that flew through a crowd of players.
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