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BRAKES FAIL AT THE FINISH

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 April 2017

BIGGLESWADE T 2 LEAMINGTON 0
By Mike Draxler
LEAMINGTON arrived at Biggleswade on Friday knowing that anything less than a win would hand the title to rivals Chippenham and pressure told on them.
The miserly home defenders quashed any attempts at getting near enough to goal to score.
Russell Short, Big Gavin Hoyte, Lucas Perry and Jordan Patrick contained the visiting forwards so well that anxiety turned to desperation as the game wore on.
Home keeper Ian Brown did not have a serious save to make such was the tenacity of the men in front of him. At the other end Tony Burnett led the line, h...

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