Northern Premier League

DIV 1 WEST

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 September 2026

By Gareth Prosser

PADIHAM 0
NEWCASTLE TOWN 5
LUCA Whitney fired a hattrick to help Newcastle Town
to their biggest away league win in more than a decade.
The visitors led within five minutes when Oli Ritchie teed up the in-form striker to score, and Drew Lowe went close adding a second when his attempt struck a post.
They did not have to wait for long for another goal, Whitney meeting Harry Bower’s cross with a close-range header.
He turned provider for Lowe to make it 3-0 early in the second half before the former Shrewsbury attacker completed a personal treble on 55 min...

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