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DORCHESTER TN 2 PORTLAND UTD 3

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 November 2026

By Terry Spracklen

■ PORTLAND United clinched victory in the first league game between the Dorset sides since both played in the Western League in the 1960s.
Archie Woolford opened the scoring after 11 minutes seizing possession on the left wing before hitting a low shot into the corner.
Ethan Taylor equalised soon after at close range, converting a Tom Purrington centre.
Portland took the lead after 65 minutes when Jen- kins looped a header over Hall from a Woolford cross. In the 76th minute, Harley Brook applied the far post finish to another Woolford centre.
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