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DUFFUS ON TARGET TO SINK GROVE

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 December 2025

DIV 1 WEST KIDSGROVE ATH 1 BOOTLE 3
By Richard Scott

BOOTLE fought back from a goal down at half-time to secure all three points.
In a scrappy opening 45, Kidsgrove took the lead after 39 minutes when Nathan Stewart’s cross was turned into his own net by Ethan Goldbourne.
The hosts should have been 2-0 up after 65 minutes when player-manager Matt Rhead scored, but it was disallowed for offside.
Bootle equalised three minutes later when former Kidsgrove player Joe Woolley was left unmarked in the box to head home a Lewis Earl cross. The visitors took the lead with 13 minutes ...

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