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RAYNERS LANE 1 AFC DUNSTABLE 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 October 2025

DIV 1 CENTRAL
By Joe Lyons

■ RAYNERS Lane remain bottom of the table, but they closed the gap on the teams above them with a narrow win against fellow strugglers AFC Dunstable.
The visitors should have been comfortably ahead in the opening half, but they missed two gilt-edged chances, Gabriel Adelowo and Tommy Blennerhassett both firing over from close range after fine saves by Charlie Patmore.
Lane might have scored with a diving header, but it was off target.
Thirteen minutes after the resumption, the hosts scored what proved the decisive goal, Bradley Walsh getting a sigh...

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