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Benfleet 2-0 Great Wakering Rovers: Derby delight for Lee Scott’s Fleet

Last season’s beaten Wembley finalists Great Wakering Rovers crashed out of their FA Vase at the hands of local rivals Benfleet at a bumpy Woodside Stadium.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 October 2025

Aaron Russell stoops to head home Benfleet’s first goal

By Liam Davis

BENFLEET 2
Russell 12, Jobson 73
GREAT WAKERING R 0
Last season’s beaten Wembley finalists Great Wakering Rovers crashed out of their FA Vase at the hands of local rivals Benfleet at a bumpy Woodside Stadium.
A goal in each half from Aaron Russell and Max Jobson completed the job for the home side against their big Essex Senior League foes.
Rovers may have fancied themselves as slight favourites going into the tie against their neighbours, who were debuting a new electronic scoreboard at the ground.
And it got it’s first official use on 12 minutes when a Taylor Lawrence free...

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