FA Vase

AFC Whyteleafe 1-0 Bourne Town: Leafe are cooking on gas!

Gaspar Mico’s early strike fired AFC Whyteleafe into the FA Vase semi-finals for the first time as they withstood a late Bourne Town rally to close in on Wembley.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 March 2025

AFC Whyteleafe are currently members of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South

By Matthew Nash

AFC WHYTELEAFE 1
Mico 8

BOURNE TOWN 0
Gaspar Mico’s early strike fired AFC Whyteleafe into the FA Vase semi-finals for the first time as they withstood a late Bourne Town rally to close in on Wembley.
The FA Vase favourites failed to build on Mico’s eighth-minute goal, however, and found the second half hard-going against a Bourne side who were playing a seventh away tie out of eight this season.
Kelly Waters and Ennio Gonnella were without striker Ryan Gondoh, while the Lincolnshire outfit missed star man Zak Allen against the Combined Counties League Premier Division Sou...

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