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Hodges clinches derby spoils

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 January 2022

HARTLEY W’TNEY 0 FARNBOROUGH 1
By David Graham

A SECOND-HALF strike from Paul Hodges ensured Farnborough earned the derby honours and extended their lead at the top of the table to nine points.
Hodges returned to haunt his former club Hartley by turning home Ricky Holmes’ 56th-minute cross.
It was just deserts for Spencer Day’s men who squandered a number of first-half chances to have won by more.
Hodges skied the game’s first effort over the bar from Salem Said’s cross on 17 minutes, while David Pratt’s effort from John Oyenuga’s ring-w...

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