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MARINERS OVERCOME CONDITIONS

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2020

By Tom Clarke
NORTHERN NW
MARINE 3
DROYLSDEN 1
MARINE were comfortable winners at home to Droylsden on a windy afternoon at the MTA.
The 60mph gales certainly played a part in proceedings, with every ball in the air proving unpredictable.
Home captain Niall Cummins opened the scoring after 24 minutes, poking past Elliot Wynne in a goalmouth scramble.
Half-time substitute Dominic Smith then equalised for Droylsden just four minutes after entering the fray but home debutant and Mo- recambe loanee Michael Howard restored Marine’s lead on 67 minutes with a powerful strike from the edge of...

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