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KAREEM FIRES PA INTO NEXT ROUND

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 September 2026

By Leon Higgins

CURZON ASHTON 1
BRADFORD PARK AVE 2
KAREEM HASSAN-Smith’s brace, including a 91st-minute winner, put Bradford Park Avenue into the second qualifying round at the Tameside Stadium.
Park Avenue – who had won the previous two FA Cup ties between the sides – came close to opening the scoring in the opening ten minutes after some brilliant play down the left-hand side saw Marcus Carver flash a ball across the face of goal but Hassan-Smith was unable to get on the end of it.
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