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HAMMOND MAKES THE POPPIES PAY…

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 October 2025

SOUTHERN CENTRAL
KETTERING TN 0 NEEDHAM MRKT 1
By Peter Short

A GAME that isn’t going to last in the memory of many fans was settled by a single goal, as Needham Market leapfrogged their hosts to go seventh in the table.
Managerless Kettering had very few outlets and were unable to produce a single shot on target.
Market weren’t much better as both sides easily coughed up the ball in midfield. After a number of Kettering corners, the visitors burst forward after 14 minutes only to see the swift counter attack denied by the woodwork, as Joe Neal’s glanced header...

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