Non-League Paper

Bluebird dream over for the year

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 September 2023

By Wil Hulbert

CHIPPENHAM TN 1
HUNGERFORD TN 4
AFTER last season’s heroics that saw them reach the second round proper, Chippenham tamely bowed out to lower-league Hungerford Town.
The Berkshire side thoroughly deserved their win as Chippenham were dealt a blow in the warm-up as they lost captain Matt McClure. Their luck did not improve during the match as normally reliable keeper Will Henry made two mistakes that both allowed a Hungerford player to put the ball into an empty net, while a defensive error handed the Crusaders a further goal.
Chippenham’s misery was co...

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