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Ives lose again to in-form Stratford

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 November 2018

ST IVES TOWN 0 STRATFORD TOWN 2
By Nigel Howlett
IN-FORM Stratford Town claimed the points without ever really breaking sweat as the luckless Ives extended their losing run in all competitions to seven games.
Ives kicked off and had only touched the ball twice before they found themselves behind after only 50 seconds when Chris Cox rose unchallenged in the hosts’ box to flick home Will Grocott’s inswinging free-kick from the left.
Another Grocott free-kick from an almost identical position added to Ives woes in 23rd minute, this time helping win a corner from which Mike Taylor m...

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