Club Thorne Colliery beat promotion rivals to extend lead at top

Shay Evans-Booth scored a hat trick as Club Thorne Colliery came from two goals down to beat promotion rivals Newark Town 4-2 and extend their lead at the top of the Central Midlands League.
Shay Evans-BoothShay Evans-Booth
Shay Evans-Booth

Lewis Chambers scored twice to put Newark in the driving seat.

But Evans-Booth pulled one back on 44 minutes and then got an equaliser in the sixth minute of first half injury time.

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Josh Gelder fired Thorne in front two minutes after the restart and Evans-Booth completed his treble midway through the second period.

The victory moved Thorne five points clear of Newark who dropped a place to third in the Premier North Division standings.

Clay Cross Town moved into second spot, four points adrift of Colliery, following their 4-0 win over Sheffield Reserves.

Fourth-placed Retford United are six points behind Thorne with a game in hand.

Thorne return to action at Glapwell on February 19.

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