Southport FC Battered by Alfreton Town 4 – 2

Result Alfreton Town 4 Southport 2

Alfreton Town came back from 0-1 down to beat Sandgrounders in the Vanarama Conference.

Richard Brodie opened the scoreline on 10 minutes with a  left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.

Bradley Wood for Alfreton Town levelled the match one minute into the second period from the pen spot putting to the bottom left corner.

Eight minutes later Alfreton Town went 2-1 up after Karl Hawley’s   left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner of the net.

Callum Howe  made it 3-1 for Alfreton Town on 62 minutes with a header from the right side of the box.

Two minutes later Paul Rutherford slotted home making it 2-3 with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box straight in the middle of the goal.  

Southport remain just above the relegation spot but have a one game in hand on the teams below.

An own goal by Joe Connor put Sandgrounders to bed.

Another 5 year plan by Clapham will be announced later this week??????????

TEAMS:

Alfreton Town

20 Mooney 02 Wood 05 Graham 28 Howe 03 Rowe-Turner 27 Johnston 26 Heaton 12 Shaw 08 Stevenson 10 Bradley Booked 23 Hawley

Substitutes

11 Howell 14 Sheridan 15 Keane 21 Thanoj 24 Leesley

Southport

25 Burton 15 Connor 05 Collins 06 Foster Booked 03 Fitzpatrick 20 Smith 14 Joyce 11 Parry (Rutherford – 55′ ) 26 Caton 10 Brodie 23 Donnelly

Substitutes

01 Lloyd-Weston 04 Kay 07 Evans 16 Rutherford 18 Marsden

Ref: Richard Wigglesworth

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