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DUFFY DELIVERS AS MACC CLAIM DERBY HONOURS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 May 2026

By Neil Harvey

LUKE Duffy scored straight from a corner in the EIGHTH minute of stoppage-time to hand Macclesfield a Play-Off Eliminator victory over Chester in an enthralling Cheshire derby at Moss Rose.
Midfielder Duffy struck with almost the last kick of the game after Josh Kay had earlier cancelled out Connor Woods’ first-half opener for the Seals.
Woods sent the travelling fans into raptures on 36 minutes with a low finish under keeper Rogan Ravenhill.
A prolonged period of second-half pressure from the Silkmen culminated in an equaliser on 65 minutes when Kay tapped in from...

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