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DABBERS HOLD ON FOR WIN

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 August 2025

DIV 1 WEST
By Brendan Doyle

BOOTLE 1
NANTWICH TOWN 2
NANTWICH held on for the points after surviving a late Bootle fightback.
The Dabbers started brightly as Byron Harrison’s ball found Callum Saunders near the back post for the opener.
Bootle’s Jay Roberts floated in a free-kick which caused trouble but Connor Rankin headed wide.
Kelvin Mellor was denied scoring a second for Nantwich Town thanks to a timely Ben Dufton Kelly challenge.
Saunders then extended Nantwich’s lead after receiving a ball from Aiden Roxburgh.
Bootle did hit back through a Ben Dufto...

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