Witton team news & latest score updates will appear here as and when they become available.
Team news: Witton make two changes to the starting line-up which won at Morpeth Town on Saturday. Raajan Gill starts in goal in place of Greg Hall who drops to the bench. Callum Leigh comes in for Tom Owens. Isaac Baldwin, Will Jones, Cesaire Lingouba & Josh Wardle are all missing through injury whilst Nick Ryan is away.
Raajan Gill, George Nugent, Nathan Woodthorpe, Callum Leigh, Rob Hopley, Will Sutton, Jawad Jebrin, Danny McKenna, James Hooper, Callum Saunders, James Foley.
Subs: Joshua Paterson, Tom Owens, Steve McNulty, Greg Hall.
James Foley’s free-kick from the left in the first minute skids across the Matlock penalty area and away from danger.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 1 Witton Albion 0.
Witton had escaped twice, but Gladiators striker Liam Hughes didn’t let them off a third time on 9 minutes, nodding a ball into the net that had been cleared in his direction by George Nugent.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 2 Witton Albion 0.
Callum Chippendale increases Matlock’s lead on 11 minutes - turning in Liam Hughes cross from close-range.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 3 Witton Albion 0.
Liam Hughes gets his second on 22 minutes.
Half Time Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 3 Witton Albion 0.
Witton Substitution:
Callum Leigh replaced by Tom Owens on 45 minutes.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 4 Witton Albion 0.
Liam Hughes completes his hat-trick for the Gladiators on 46 minutes following a mistake by Jawad Jebrin.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 5 Witton Albion 0.
Alex Byrne’s corner skids off Albion defender Will Sutton on 52 minutes and beats Raajan Gill in the Albion goal.
Witton Substitution:
George Nugent replaced by Steve McNulty on 55 minutes.
Come on ref blow for full time this is embarrassing☹️
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 6 Witton Albion 0.
Substitute Jesurun Uchegbulam adds Matlock’s sixth on 62 minutes.
The old saying don’t change a winning team?
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 7 Witton Albion 0.
Reece Kendall outjumps Jawad Jebrin on 67 minutes to head home at the back post.
Attendance: 294.
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 8 Witton Albion 0.
Jesurun Uchegbulam heads his second on 78 minutes unchallenged inside the six yard box.
Why has he dropped Hall? I really don’t understand his thinking there, against a top 3 club. This is so humiliating tonight☹️
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Latest Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 9 Witton Albion 0.
Alex Byrne scores the Gladiators ninth following a slip from Rob Hopley on 90 minutes.
Full Time Score from The Proctor Cars Stadium:
Matlock Town 9 Witton Albion 0.
Apparently, Greg Hall picked up an injury in the warm-up.