Brig bouncing back again to bid for honours

After five wins and a single defeat so far in November, Bamber Bridge will be looking for another victory on Saturday to keep them climbing the table and in the running for a second EVO-STIK Club of the Month Award.

Neil Crowe's sixth-placed side are hosting New Mills at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium after collecting September's accolade for a run of four wins in the league that propelled them up the First Division North table before they suffered a dip in form in October.

The club bounced back from the toughest of starts to the campaign to win the accolade, a 7-1 thrashing on the opening day of the season at the hands of Droylsden.

Crowe is pictured being presented with an inscribed certificate recording their achievement before their 3-3 draw with Lancaster City by Clive Timmins, sponsorship manager at Bostik Ltd, parent company of NPL title sponsors EVO-STIK, while chairman Francis Doyle stands by to collect a 4.5 litre bottle of Bells Whiskey from EVO-STIK NPL operations manager Alan Allcock.

Bamber Bridge, who also won August's Fair Play Award, were named as one of September's winners alongside Buxton in the Premier Division and Sutton Coldfield Town in First Division South, two other clubs still in the hunt for promotion and more monthly honours.

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