FA Cup

ANNABLE VOLLEY GROUNDS WRENS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 August 2018

By Oliver Mooney
AFC MANSFIELD 1
RAINWORTH MINERS WELFARE 0
IN A hotly-contested and physical encounter, AFC Mansfield were only just able to squeeze past their opponents from two leagues below.
Defender Jordan Annable broke the deadlock with a sublime firsttime finish to volley Jimmy Ghaichem’s cross into the far corner of the net on the half-hour.
The visitors should have drawn level before the break but AFC’s Tom Crosby came to the rescue with a sublime one-on-one stop.
After chances fell for both sides in the second half, the underdogs were on the brink of a last-gasp levell...

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