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Sat 18 Jan 2020  ·  Premier Division
Witton Albion Football Club
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D Mitchley (39'), W Jones (46')
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Atherton Collieries
Albion back to winning ways with victory over Colls

Albion back to winning ways with victory over Colls

Paul Harper20 Jan 2020 - 08:40
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Witton 2-1 winners at Wincham Park

Witton Albion got back to winning ways as they came from behind to secure a 2-1 victory over Atherton Collieries at Wincham Park.

Carl Macauley's side started the encounter brightly but suffered a setback after 19 minutes when Louis Myers opened the scoring for the visitors with a deft finish inside the penalty area.

Albion kept plugging away, however, and were handed the perfect opportunity to level on 39 minutes.

A poor pass was intercepted by on-loan striker Danny Mitchley who was through one-on-one with the Colls goalkeeper Paddy Wharton. The Radcliffe man rounded the shot-stopper and produced an excellent finish from an acute angle to level things up at 1-1.

Witton took the lead straight from the second half restart. Mitchley found Danny McKenna with a lovely round-the-corner pass, who then sent in a delightful cross to the back post where Will Jones was on hand to head past Wharton.

Colls pushed to get back into the game and had a shot against the foot of the post as well as a goalmouth scramble to show for their efforts, but the ball wouldn't go in and Albion collected the three points for the first time since December 7.

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Match date

Sat 18 Jan 2020

Kickoff

15:00

Attendance

348

Competition

Premier Division

League position

11
Witton Albion
17
Atherton Collieries
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