Northern Premier League

CARLTON TOWN 4 AFC RUSHDEN & D 2

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 November 2026

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
By Alan Murphy

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CARLTON moved up to third with a thrilling win over Rushden and Diamonds.
Dan Brown opened the scoring after 16 minutes, heading home a Charlie Carter cross to score just his second goal for Carlton in seven years.
Cairo Taylor equalised on the hour, smashing past Felix Annan. Carlton responded and were back ahead within three minutes as Carter took the ball around Charlie Woods to net.
Back came Rushden and Joel Nketia levelled with 15 minutes left after Carlton failed to clear from a free-kick. But once again parity was short as former Mil...

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