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No substitute for manager’s hunch

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 February 2024

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LIFE’S A PITCH: Buckingham FC’s Stratford Fields

ON JANUARY 24, 2024, I attended the Northern Premier League game between Basford United and the league leaders Radcliffe FC.
With their side a goal down on 66 minutes, Radcliffe bosses Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson made two substitutions, bringing on Jude Oyibo and Josh Hancock, before adding a third on 74 minutes in Bange. All three subs went on to score as Radcliffe hit back to win 3-1. Has this ever happened before where all three of the allotted subs have scored.
STEWART FELL Radcliffe hist...

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