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HOOPS PILE PAIN ON DARLO

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 April 2026

By Craig Stoddart

OXFORD CITY clinched survival while Darlington’s woeful form continued.
Results elsewhere meant Quakers could not have finished in the top seven – it’s a dismal run of run of one win in their last seven fixtures which has cost them. Yet they started this one by creating a flurry of chances without scoring.
Aidan Rutledge was narrowly wide inside the second minute, Will McGowan saw an effort cleared off the line and Tom Tweedy dragged a shot wide.

DARLINGTON 1
OXFORD CITY 3
It took until the 28th minute for Oxford to threaten, Rory Watson sav...

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