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RICE MAKES HIS POINT IN GAME OF FOUR PENS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 March 2026

BASINGSTOKE T 3 TAUNTON TOWN 3
By Nick Wilson

cendancy in the second half and keeper Freddie Godden kept Taunton in the game, saving two Tom Blake free kicks and tipping Joe Grant’s header over.
George Reid came off the bench and placed his first shot inches wide before Grant weaved his way through and again found Godden in the way of his low shot.
Harry Shield was well placed to clear off the line
BASINGSTOKE and Taunton finished all square after a six-goal thriller.
Joe Grant got Basingstoke off the mark, smashing the ball in off the bar from Cheick Sylla’s cutbac...

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