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STUART FULLER: Friendly rivals have it Suss-ed

YOU might think that a clash of local rivals, both vying for promotion honours, would have all the makings of a tasty affair – but not in the battle of East and West Sussex it doesn’t.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 March 2022

By Stuart Fuller

RIVALRY: But Lewes and Worthing have a unique relationship

YOU might think that a clash of local rivals, both vying for promotion honours, would have all the makings of a tasty affair – but not in the battle of East and West Sussex it doesn’t.
Yesterday’s Isthmian Premier Division game between play-off candidates Lewes and league leaders Worthing was dubbed as the biggest Non-League encounter in the county for many years with a bumper crowd of 2,347 clicking through the turnstiles at the Dripping Pan.
But bragging rights aside, there has always been great friendship and r...

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