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SKIPPER SMITH THE SLIMBRIDGE HERO

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 March 2017

By Tim Blake
SLIMBRIDGE 2
PAULTON RVRS 0
SLIMBRIDGE completed the double over Paulton Rovers with a brace of goals from captain Lee Smith.
The Swans created the better chances throughout, with Jamie Martin, Smith, Adam Mace and Marley Thomas all going close.
Smith finally broke the deadlock on 32 minutes, finishing off a neat move involving Joe Stokes and Freddy Ward, before Matthew Benham hit the bar with a header for Paulton.
The second half was more one-way traffic as the Swans pressed, but they had to wait until the 76th minute when Smith beat two men in the Paulton box and drilled home...

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