Northern Premier League

COVENTRY SPHINX 1 SUTTON COLDFIELD 3

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 April 2026

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
By Matt Cassar

SUTTON grabbed all three
■ points as they won on the road at relegated Coventry Sphinx.
The visitors broke the deadlock in the 35th minute when Ayo Lekuti received the ball out wide before cutting inside and rocketing a fantastic effort into the top corner of Oliver Bosworth’s goal.
Reece Gibson doubled the lead on the hour mark as he knocked in a rebound from a Jayden Campbell strike
Reymond Poku pulled one back for Coventry to make it a frantic last ten minutes. However, Ryan Shaw made it 3-1 with two minutes to go.
Shaw had been introduc...

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