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York City 3-0 Yeovil Town: Title celebrations cut short

York City had the National League title snatched from their grasp despite the full-time whistle already blowing in North Yorkshire, setting up a winner-takes-all, final-day showdown against Rochdale on Saturday.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 April 2026

Ollie Pearce celebrates scoring York City’s opener

By Matthew Butterworth

YORK CITY 3
Pearce 23, Stones 42, Grey 90+2

YEOVIL TOWN 0
from Stu’s grasp
York City had the National League title snatched from their grasp despite the full-time whistle already blowing in North Yorkshire, setting up a winner-takes-all, final-day showdown against Rochdale on Saturday.
Having comfortably beaten Yeovil Town 3-0 at a packed-out LNER Community Stadium, staff and players huddled on the pitch, waiting for the final whistle to blow down in Essex, with Braintree Town holding Rochdale to a 1-1 draw.
But a 99th-minute smash-and-grab winner from Mani Dieseruv...

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