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TOWN MADE TO PAY THE PENALTY BY ACE BARNES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 January 2022

ROSYTON TOWN 1 LEISTON 2
By Duncan Easley

LEISTON climbed above Royston in the race for the play-off places, as a late Finlay Barnes penalty saw the Blues grab the three points.
It was Barnes who coolly sent Joe Welch the wrong way from the spot, as his 87th-minute penalty, awarded after Dan Newton had wrestled William Davies to the ground, proved to be the decisive moment.
Having conceded the spot-kick, the home side promptly gave away another one in the 89th minute, as Ronnie Henry was harshly adjudged to have fouled substitute Spencer Keller. Justice was served, though, as Welch pr...

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