Non-League Paper

KING KONE REIGNS AS THE SLAYER OF STONES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 December 2024

By Matthew Nash

WEALDSTONE 0

WYCOMBE W 2
Lubala 29, Kone 84
THERE was to be no second EFL scalp for National League Wealdstone as their fate was sealed by a player forged in Non-League.
Wycombe substitute Richard Kone – signed from Essex Senior League side Athletic Newham in January – smashed in a second goal six minutes from time to end the brave challenge from a Stones side who saw off League Two Grimsby in round one.
The Chairboys, top of the third tier and on a winning run that now extends to 11 matches in all competitions, had led through a sublime first-half...

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