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BASINGSTOKE TOWN 3 KETTERING TOWN 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 January 2018

By Nick Wilson
■ BASINGSTOKE deservedly snatched all three points in the final minute of a dramatic encounter thanks to Callum Bunting’s second of the game to knock Kettering from their perch at the top of the league. The visitors had the first good chance of the game as Rhys Hoeness shot narrowly wide.
But Basingstoke controlled the first half, Sam Argent twice going close while Bunting spurned a golden chance from close range.
The hosts hit the front after half-an-hour though as Ben Wright’s free-kick was poked home by Sam Smart at the near post.
Kettering came out on th...

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