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Davies’ thunderbolt a boost for the Blues

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 April 2026

By Patrick Lock

OXFORD CITY 1
CHESTER 2
CHESTER boosted their play-off hopes as they beat an Oxford City side needing a point to secure survival.
The visitors enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges, twice inside the opening ten minutes getting a ball across goal, Dylan Mottley-Henry missed a ball across goal, before moments later glancing a header wide.
But two goals in three minutes would prove the game changing moment. Firstly, on 22 minutes, a corner routine saw Finley Shrimpton head goalwards, requiring the linesman to confirm the ball had crossed the line.
It would be 2...

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