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PURITANS FALL AT THE LAST HURDLE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 April 2019

By Dave Pearce
BANBURY UNITED 1
HITCHIN TOWN 2
BANBURY played their final home game and lost to Hitchin Town.
Banbury got their first chance after 12 minutes from a free kick when Matt Richards fired wide.
Two minutes later they took the lead when Georgio Rasulo put in Amer Awadh and he fired home from 15 yards.
But after 35 minutes Hitchin equalised when Isaac Galliford scored a 35 yard screamer.
Banbury were unlucky after 54 minutes when Kaziboni went on a run down the right, crossed to captain Ricky Johnson whose header hit the Hitchin post.
Hitchin’s winner came on 83 minutes when...

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