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ARMADILLO JOY AFTER FINE SHOW

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 February 2026

By Wilf Alexander

HALLEN 3 GORNAL ATH 0
TWO goals from Harrison Fairman and another from Cory Thomas-Barker guided Western League Hallen into the quarter-finals of the competition.
There was little to choose between the two sides for much of the first half.
But the Armadillos finally nosed ahead two minutes before the interval when Thomas-Barker rode the challenge of Gornal defender Declan Bibb before firing into the net from a narrow angle.
The Midland League visitors – who play in Step 6 – pressed for an equaliser at the start of the second half but the closest the...

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