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MK IRISH 4 RAYNERS LANE 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 February 2026

DIV 1 CENTRAL
By Joe Lyons

■ MILTON Keynes Irish were barely troubled as they saw off almost-doomed Rayners Lane.
From the moment, in the tenth minute, when George Shrieves set up Ryan Smith to fire past Matt Burrows, the writing was on the wall for Lane.
Ten minutes later, Smith and Callum Hirst combined to set up Shrieves, who made it 2–0.
Rayners Lane did give themselves a glimmer of hope when a volley crept under Tom Ladyman’s dive to reduce the arrears.
With 18 minutes of normal time remaining, James Meadows passed to Hirst, whose excellent delivery gave...

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