Non-League Paper

NPL MIDLANDS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 September 2023

By Chris Nee

COVENTRY SPHINX 2
AFC RUSHDEN & D 1
■ TEN-MAN Coventry Sphinx came back from a goal down to claim a dramatic first league win of the season.
Will Jones gave winless visitors AFC Rushden & Diamonds a first-half lead, firing a volley in off the crossbar as the ball dropped to him from a corner.
Sphinx levelled four minutes into the second half when Matty Shipman went clear and held off his man before finishing low past George Rose, but had Luke Downes controversially sent off four minutes later.
Diamonds dominated the ball for the remainder and created a ...

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