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HERO BRUNO RUSH-ES TO THE RESCUE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 August 2026

By Paul Judd

AFC RUSHDEN & D 1 LONG EATON UTD 1
RHYS Thorpe thumped home a 72nd-minute header to keep Diamonds’ hopes alive against Long Eaton.
The hosts created three crazy goalmouth scrambles in the first two minutes and saw a Joel Nketia far post header blocked.
At the other end, Long Eaton saw a header from a corner cleared off the line and a sitter missed from eight yards before taking the lead after 27 minutes through James Taylor’s a great header.
Joel Nketia volleyed wide and Ben Prickett-Reed firing a glorious chance wide
as Diamonds pressed, but it was...

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