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PARSONS’ LATE STRIKE IS TOUGH ON BOATMEN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 August 2026

By James McLean

SHOLING 1
BATH CITY 2
BATH struck in the dying moments to condemn Sholing to an agonising defeat at home to start the season. Harry Parsons’ 86th-minute lob settled a tight contest and left the hosts devastated.
Within seconds, there was a penalty shout for Bath when, having picked up a ball from midfield, Matt Bowman went to ground under a standing challenge from Byron Mason, but the protests were waved off.
The right wing had been the start of every serious Boatmen attack and it finally paid off as Michael Folivi, on the left, found the corner thanks to th...

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