Come on, The Colliers!
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A lone bugler occasionally
blasts out the right note.
Maybe also the source
of the odd native American
war cry. The few hundred at Ashington
are passionate in their support.
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Proud mining town, home
of the Charlton brothers
and Jackie Milburn. But nothing works.
A looping header hits
angle of post and crossbar early on
but never so close again.
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Crescent moon above the little stadium.
A first-half breakaway by the men
from Yorkshire enough.
No one alive to remember
the Third Division (North).
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Before the game I get talking
to a former non-league goalkeeper
who’s a regular at Woodhorn Lane.
He once won the FA Vase
but now needs hips replacing.
Ashington FC have launched a £50,000 Crowdfunder appeal to meet the increased costs of winning promotion last season, to pay for urgent stadium improvements, travel costs and equipment