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'I'm so proud of the lads - it was like a basketball match'

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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.

- by Sport Reporter

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

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