Dabbers kickstart pre-season fixtures

NANTWICH Town started their preseason campaign with a 2-2 draw against Welsh side Gresford Athletic at the Swansway Stadium.

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Jon Moran gave first Dabbers starts to new signings Josh Williams and Fenton Green, as well as for youngster Campbell Reid who has come through the Nantwich youth system.

Before the game there was a minute's silence following the devastating deaths of Liverpool's Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva.

The first chance of the game came when Green swept over the bar from a low Reece Vaughan cross, it would have been a tidy team goal if it had gone in.

Gresford, who play in the Welsh second tier, had already played 2 friendlies before this one due to their league season starting earlier and you could see that in their little bit of extra sharpness especially early on.

They took the lead in the 9th minute, a fine turn and strike from Haci Ozlu gave Ben Garratt no chance. Ozlu had scored four goals in one of the previously mentioned friendlies so has started this summer in excellent form.