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PIRATES PLUNDER ANOTHER VICTORY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 November 2026

By Sebastian Hendrix

NET GAINS: Drew Richardson heads in Real Bedford’s second

REAL BEDFORD produced a decisive second-half display to beat Rushall Olympic at the Ledger Stadium, with Jordan Ponticelli scoring twice and Drew Richardson also on target.
The Pirates threatened inside three minutes when Jack Morrell headed narrowly off target from a free-kick. Rushall then had penalty appeals waved away, providing an early reminder that the visitors carried a threat of their own.
Ponticelli thought he had broken the deadlock in the 26th minute, producing a neat flicked fini...

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