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RED CARDS GIVE HAWKS A BIG HAND OVER ‘STOKE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 February 2025

BASINGSTOKE T 0 HAVANT & W’VLE 3
By Nick Wilson

HAVANT cruised to a comfortable victory away at Basingstoke, aided and abetted by a referee who produced two red cards for the home side early in the second half.
The game was finely balanced at that point, the Hawks taking an early lead as the ball escaped Simon Grant’s clutches following a long free-kick and falling kindly for Ryan Seager to convert,
But ‘Stoke had the best of an entertaining first half, albeit without forcing Ben Dudzinski into many saves as chances for George Reid and Liam Ferdinand were sq...

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