A late equaliser meant the Dabbers finished the 2021/22 season with a 1-1 draw away at Bamber Bridge. The home side had an outside chance at claiming a play-off space, but for that to happen they had to win the game. Their plans were almost in tatters in the first 2 minutes, as an early…
The Dabbers travel to Bamber Bridge to complete the 2021/22 Northern Premier League season this Saturday (3pm kick-off), the first to be finished fully in three years, a fact that’s worth celebrating after more than two years of extreme health and financial pressure for all of us. Bamber-lievable, Jeff The equation for Bamber Bridge on…
It’s a quick turnaround for everyone in the Northern Premier Division, with the Dabbers playing our final home game of the season just 48 hours after our last one, against Stafford Rangers at the Optimum Pay Stadium on Easter Monday (3pm kick-off). I Can’t Get No Staff-isfaction Stafford’s slim hopes of reaching the play-offs were…
Photo by Jonathan White Nantwich Town and Matlock Town played out an entertaining goalless draw in Derbyshire on Saturday. On a day which was more suited to sun glasses and shorts, these two sides met to try and get the three points. The sun was out, and it was about twenty degrees centigrade at kick-off,…
With safety all but secured for the Dabbers, there’s only pride and a good run of form to play for, and with that in mind we head to promotion-chasing Matlock Town on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off). Matlock, Stock and Two Smoking Dabbers For a large part of the season, Matlock were comfortably in the top…
A brilliant five home wins in a row have propelled the Dabbers to the cusp of guaranteed safety in the league, and on Saturday Atherton Collieries are the latest team to try and put an end to this record (3pm kick-off). Pull the Ather-ton Atherton are without a win in 7 games in all competitions,…
Words by Adam Bateman, pictures by Jonathan White Nantwich Town made it five home wins on the bounce with a brilliant 2-1 victory over Scarborough Athletic in Cheshire. Coming off the back of the defeat last time out to Lancaster, Nantwich were looking to get back to winning ways, back at the Optimum Pay Stadium…
After our excellent unbeaten run came to an end last weekend, the Dabbers look to keep the strong home form intact with a match against Scarborough Athletic at the Optimum Pay Stadium this Saturday (3pm kick-off). Scar Tissue The away side are in extremely ominous form. They have lost only once in 2022, and that…
Photo courtesy of Gary Chadwick Nantwich Town’s unbeaten run came to an end with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Lancaster City at the Giant Axe. The Dabbers started with a back three of Joel Stair, Josh Langley and Troy Bourne, according to Dave Cooke to ‘match up their formation’, with Jamie Morgan and Tommy Montefiori…
The Dabbers take our excellent unbeaten run and run without conceding to Lancashire on Saturday (3pm kick-off) to face Lancaster City. Lanc of hope and glory As the Dabbers have improved, so have Lancaster. They are unbeaten in their last 4, and that has included wins over South Shields, Stafford and Morpeth, impressive results against…