Latest fans preparing to take TV challenge!

By David Watters

EVO-STIK Northern Premier League new boys Shaw Lane Aquaforce and Salford City are both staging the NPL Facebook Group's 'Crossbar Challenge' on Tuesday night.

Fans of the Ducks and Loughborough Dynamo together with their counterparts at Salford versus Spartans were set to take the challenge during half-time of the First Division South and Premier Division clashes.

First made famous on Sky's hit Saturday show Soccer AM, the half-time competition to entertain fans was first staged last season during Brighouse Town's 2-1 win over Radcliffe Borough on the opening day.

Since being relaunched this term, Radcliffe Borough, Hyde, Spennymoor and Warrington have already hosted the competition to win one of the group's prized winners t-shirts, pictured.

Organisers, who are appealing for contestants on Facebook in the build-up to upcoming fixtures, are hoping to find a first winner faster than last season when it took until January for Farsley Celtic's Corben Pankhurst to show the fans how its done and rattle the crossbar at Throstle Nest during half-time against Spennymoor Town.

A spokesman for the group's 5000 plus members on Facebook said: "If anyone fancies a go we'll be at both games and the CO92 group [Salford's City's pro footballer owners] are welcome to give it a go too!"

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