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WOODS REVIVAL WORTH A POINT

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 April 2017

NORTHWOOD 1 AFC D’STABLE 1
By Alan Evans
AFC DUNSTABLEwent into this game with some play-off hopes remaining but that vanished with Egham’s win over Barton Rovers.
The Woods had not won in16 games but took a shock lead after 38 minutes when Louis Bircham outpaced his marker to slip a shot inside the post.
They still led into the second half, with the defence well-marshalled by player manager Mark Burgess.
But AFC finally levelled on 64 minutes through a Terry Griffiths header that bounced up and into the roof of the net.
Dunstable continued to press but missed a couple of good o...

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