ATHERTON COLLS 1 BASFORD UNITED 2
By Josh King

A DOUBLE from Matthew Thornhill condemned Atherton Collieries to a fourth consecutive home defeat. Thornhill’s brace after half time came either side of Enock Lusiama’s sixth goal in six games.
In a first half devoid of chances, Collieries arguably started better with Lewis Mansell capitalising on a loose ball in behind the Basford defence around 20 minutes in, only for the chance to be smothered by Kieran Preston in the Basford goal.
With 15 minutes to play, Lewis Thompson received the ball on the left before cutting insi...