FA Cup

BAMBER BRIDGE 1 WHICKHAM 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 September 2022

By Oliver Lock

■Wickham hearts with a FIN Sinclair-Smith broke stunning winner in the dying seconds to send Bamber Bridge into the second qualifying round.
The Step Five visitors defended heroically with keeper Nathan Harker making a number of second-half saves, but just as it seemed they had earned a replay, winger Sinclair-Smith volleyed home from eight yards with almost the game’s last kick.
Harker kept out an effort from Paul Dawson before producing a superb diving stop to turn aside Christopher Churchman’s volley with 15 minutes left.
Dawson had a seco...

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