Northern Premier League

DIV 1 MIDLANDS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
28 December 2025

LONG EATON UTD 4 BELPER TN 1
By Joe Lyons

■ LONG Eaton made Belper pay for their indiscipline, scoring three times after the visitors had to play 40 minutes with ten men.
The Blues were quickly in control, and the advantage was turned into something tangible by Evan Garnett’s 15th-minute strike.
Kevin Bastos equalised after 35 minutes, and it needed a brilliant Kevin Preston save to keep the scores level at the interval.
Four minutes after the break, Belper’s William Fankwe got a second yellow card for a foul on James Taylor.
Long Eaton’s man advantage t...

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