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Spitfires roar back to deny bold Blues

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 October 2026

By Sam Gardiner

EASTLEIGH 3
BRENTWOOD TN 2
NATIONAL League side Eastleigh came from two goals behind to avoid an FA Cup upset at the hands of Step 3 Brentwood Town at the Silverlake.
Early strikes from Bradley Sach and a bizarre Nick Townsend own goal put the Essex visitors in dreamland, but goals from Nelson
Khumbeni, Josh Lundstram and Aaron Blair turned the tie around for the Spitfires.
The match was barely two minutes old when a corner from Andy Freeman was met by Sach at the back post, and Brentwood’s top scorer found the net.
The lead was then doubled in bizarre cir...

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