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BAINBRIDGE’S LATE STRIKE STUNS CELTIC

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
14 September 2025

BAINBRIDGE’S LATE

By Steven Oldham

STALYBRIDGE C 1
Smales-Braithwaite 77

CHESTER 2
Peers 61, Bainbridge 88

EFFORT: Benni Smales-Braithwaite tries his luck and celebrates, left
PICTURE: Josh Hibbert/

JACK BAINBRIDGE’S superb late strike sent Chester through and broke Stalybridge Celtic’s hearts after a hard-fought game at Bower Fold.
Bainbridge’s 88th-minute winner – a powerful strike into a top corner – was the difference maker in a game where all three goals came in the second half.
Tom Peers broke the deadlock with a deftly placed effort past Charlie M...

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