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MANGOTSFIELD UNITED 2 BRISTOL MANOR FARM 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 January 2018

By Bob Smale
■STARTING as underdogs, Mangotsfield turned this derby on its head with a crucial win, despite finishing with ten men.
They surprised the Farm with a controlled first-half performance, taking the lead in the 29th minute as Jordan Ricketts supplied a superb ball to Jake Simpson, and his pass across the box was turned in by Kailan Gould.
It was Ricketts who scored the second goal just before the break but within a minute of the interval, the visitors were back in the game thanks to Dean Stamp.
When Lewis Powell was red-carded after 64 minutes, it was backs to the wall as th...

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