All White on the night as OEs hit the heights

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By GEOFF LIGHTFOOT
OLD ELTHAMIANS go through to National One next season after beating Sale FC at Heywood Road in the National Two North v South play-off.
This was a real fullblooded cup tie which could have gone either way right up to the final minute when a drop goal from the visitors’ fly-half and manof- the-match Tom White gave his side some breathing space. Up until then the crowd of over 1,000 were kept on tenterhooks as the two sides battled almost to a standstill.

Scrambling: Oliver Claxton of Old Elthamians wriggles out of a tackle
PICTURE: Bev Clough

In the end the visito...

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