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Diplomat receives Flannery welcome

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 November 2025

By Mike Bacon

HONOUR: Mr Rangel, with Leiston’s Andy Crisp, left, and Peter Mayhew

LEISTON have embraced their new-found presence on the international stage by opening their doors to one of Asia’s top consuls.
This week, the Ambassador of Timor-Leste to the UK, Joao Paulo Rangel, was welcomed as a special guest to the Flannery Stadium for the Blues’ Southern League Premier South visit of Stamford.
It came after Mr Rangel’s nephew, Leiston’s Joao Rangel, scored a memorable goal playing for the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste against the Philippines in an Asian Cup qualifier in Manil...

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