Atherton Collieries made a welcome return to the winners enclosure with a scintillating second-half display to overpower a plucky Hanley Town 4-2, showcasing the squad’s powerful potential.

In a season remembered mostly for sewing the seeds of what was to come, Hanley provided one of the high points of the campaign. Norwich went into the East Anglian derby in February 2018 on the back of ...