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BLAINE’S THE HERO FOR POPPIES IN TOP-FIVE BID

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 April 2026

KETTERING TOWN 2 WORCESTER CITY 1

By Peter Short

POPPIES fans went into delirium when Blaine Rowe glanced home in the 94th minute to send the hosts fourth in the table.
A fairly even game saw the Blues start the stronger and take the lead within eight minutes – a cross from the left found Harry Burns 12 yards out and soft Town marking couldn’t stop him heading beyond Paul White.
Burns was then denied by White nine minutes later when his first-time shot from a tight angle was well held by the Poppies keeper.
But Kettering found their way back through the phlegmatic Ed...

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