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JIMMY: I HAD TO STIR UP SPALDING

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 November 2025

By Dave Lawrence

ALVECHURCH 0

SPALDING UTD 2
Nicholson 49, Sani 69

FINISH: Abduramane Sani made it 2-0 from close range

LEADERS Spalding made it five league wins in a row – but it needed some stern words from boss Jimmy Dean at half-time to inspire the victory.
There was little to choose between the sides in a nip-and-tuck opening 45 minutes but the Tulips burst into life in the second half to run away with the points.
“I thought we were very poor and flat in the first half, we weren’t at the races,” Dean admitted. “The mentality was all wro...

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