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BOTTOM SIDE STUN BELEAGUERED BLUES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 November 2023

By Craig Stoddart

DARLINGTON 3
CHESTER 2

DARLINGTON survived a second-half Chester fightback and ten agonising minutes of added time to secure a shock win at Blackwell Meadows.
Quakers began the day bottom with Chester eighth, so few had predicted a home win.
They had some luck in taking the lead after 18 minutes. Ben Hedley delivered a cross to the far post and, in attempting to clear, Chester left-back Joel Taylor managed to send a looping header over Wyll Stanway.
Seconds after referee Alex Sawden waved away George Glendon’s penalty appeal, Quakers went 2-0 ahead. Hedley&...

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