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STAINES TOWN 1 CANVEY ISLAND 1

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 April 2017

By Steve Parsons
■ CANVEY snatched a vital away point as two of the league’s in-form teams contested an exciting draw.
Staines made an excellent start, and when Max Worsfold’s teasing cross was swept into the net by Mo Bettamer from close range on eight minutes, they perhaps hoped to repeat their 6-0 win on the Island in November.
The Swans nearly doubled their lead three minutes later, but Jonathan Hippolyte headed over after Adrian Clifton’s dinked centre beat Gulls’ keeper Conor Gough.
The visitors were unsettled by the early loss of key defender George Alle...

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