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McDonagh grabs crucial point

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 December 2017

ST IVES TOWN 2 BANBURY UNITED 2

By Nigel Howlett
A LATE goal from Puritans substitute Conor McDonagh grabbed the visitors a point when it looked like the hosts had done enough to claim all three from a battling home performance. It was a topsy turvy game that could have gone either way as both teams produced good attacking football at times in the contest.
A Rooney-esque goal from Rogan McGeorge set the Ives on the road.
He fired a poor clearance straight back over the head of the Puritans keeper Jack Harding from fully 45 yards in only the second minute.
The hosts doubled their advantage a...

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