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'I'm so proud of the lads - it was like a basketball match'
Sunderland Echo
|August 18, 2025
Olly Hotchkiss could not hide his pride after Easington Colliery battled their way to a goalless draw in Friday night's visit to Northern Counties East League club Pickering Town.
After going out of last season's FA Cup extra preliminary round with a defeat at Heaton Stannington, the Colliers have already gone one better with a 3-1 home win against Boro Rangers at the same stage of this season's competition. And they still have a chance of reaching the first qualifying round for the first time since 2001 after battling to a draw at Mill Lane on Friday night that will see both clubs go into today's draw. Hotchkiss described the game as 'entertaining' and challenged his players to add more quality
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of Sunderland Echo.
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