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Neal seals it for Marketmen

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 March 2026

NEEDHAM MRKT 3 ST IVES TOWN 1
By Drew Kendall

A CLINICAL second-half performance from Needham Market saw the home side record a thoroughly deserved 3-1 victory.
St Ives, however, broke the deadlock rather against the run of play on 14 minutes, as Michael Richens headed home a free-kick at the far post.
Tommy Smith was denied by the post four minutes later in a stop-start first half. The Marketmen,
who dominated the first period, started the second in the same vein.
Luke Ingram latched onto a great cross but the ball bounced off the forward and out.
The Suffolk side were deserved...

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