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SWIFTS COME UP SHORT AS LEADERS WIN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 February 2026

By Stuart Daynes

FELIXSTOWE & WALTON moved seven points clear at the top of the table with a hard-fought victory away at Heybridge Swifts.
The hosts took the lead in the 23rd minute when Ramiah Mills found the net after a bright start.
Felixstowe responded quickly, with Ethan Garcia calmly finishing when played through on goal just three minutes later to restore parity.
The game changed on the half-hour mark when Heybridge were reduced to ten men. Eyituoyo Akinbulumo was shown a red card
DIV 1 NORTH
HEYBRIDGE S’FTS 1
FELIXSTOWE & W 2
for a foul on De La Paz. Feli...

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