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BASILDON UNITED 1 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 April 2024

DIV 1 NORTH
By Andrew Buxton

KIERAN JONES scored a late winner as Heybridge Swifts came out on top in this typical end of season encounter.
Evenly-balanced, Swifts took the lead when they worked a quick free-kick and Eman Okunja’s shot deflected off Kye Jude and into the back of the net. Prior to that Swifts’
Quba Gordon came close and then Basildon’s Samir Ali saw a goalbound shot cleared of the line.
In the second half, Basildon equalised through a penalty in the 73rd minute from Ali after Ruben Barlett-Antwi was brought down.
However, Kieran Jones put the S...

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