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ASHFORD UNITED 1 MERSTHAM 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 January 2026

DIV 1 S.EAST
By Keith Masters

■ MERSTHAM showed why they are chasing down the play-off places as they produced a determined performance away at Ashford United.
The visitors cut confi-dent figures heading into the break at the Green Box Stadium, especially after Lee Lewis's 41st-minute opener.
However, their momentun was steadily halted by in-form captain Gary Lockyer tallying his 16th goal of the campaign inside the final 20 minutes. While it was a game of fine margins, this one eventually ended with victory for the travelling Moatsiders, and the killer blow arrived in the dying emb...

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