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Poole Town 1-2 Gloucester City: Tigers earn their stripes in key promotion battle

Gloucester City came out on top of the key promotion battle at Poole. The two sides started the level on points and goal difference in second and third places.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

Poole’s Selim Saied, left, and Gloucester’s Morgan Lewis battle for the ball

Promotion battle is heating up
By Peter Leppington

POOLE TOWN 1

Gwengwe 56

GLOUCESTER CITY 2

Siddell 17, Simpson 57
Gloucester City came out on top of the key promotion battle at Poole.
The two sides started the level on points and goal difference in second and third places.
Gloucester dominated possession in the first half and were quick to close Poole down.
However, Poole looked dangerous on the break and a great cross from the right by Daniel Carr just evaded Shaquille Gwengwe’s head.
Match action
The Tigers’ opener came after a mistake by Harvey Slade, giving the ball away to with...

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