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York City 1-0 Woking: Ollie Pearce hits the spot for the Minstermen

The race for the National League title remains as tense as ever as York City returned to winning ways with this narrow victory over battling Woking.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 March 2026

By Matthew Butterworth

YORK CITY 1 Pearce 74 (pen)

WOKING 0

FINISH: Ollie Pearce celebrates his penalty goal
PICTURE: Tom Poole

THE race for the National League title remains as tense as ever as York City returned to winning ways with this narrow victory over battling Woking.
York’s midweek disappointment at Gateshead quickly became a distant memory as Ollie Pearce’s second-half penalty fired them to victory over Woking, who have ambitious promotion hopes of their own.
It was the Cards’ first defeat under the interim management of Craig Ross, Jake Hyde and Dale Gorman following...

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