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Leighton Town 1-2 Walsall Wood: Byfield joy at Wood win

They had to come from behind in a nip-and-tuck clash at Bell Close with Archie McClelland breaking the deadlock in the second half.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 May 2021

Walsall hit back at finish
By Andy Mitchell

LEIGHTON TOWN 1
McClelland 66

WALSALL WOOD 2
Roberts 80 (pen), 89 (pen)

GOT IT LICKED: Javia Roberts celebrates his winning penalty that sent Walsall Wood into the semis
PICTURE: Mike Capps

SUB Javia Roberts was spot on with two penalties to book Walsall Wood a deserved place in the last four of the FA Vase.
They had to come from behind in a nip-and-tuck clash at Bell Close with Archie McClelland breaking the deadlock in the second half.
But while Wood had the better of it, the story could have been different had Jay D’Llonga’s goal-saving ch...

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