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Ten-man Fleet show heart

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 January 2020

Ten-man Fleet

By Stuart Francis

FLEET-FOOTED: Ebbsfl eet’s Lawrie Wilson on the ball and Lynn’s Adam Marriot is marshalled by Josh Payne, inset
PICTURE: Martyn White

EBBSFLEET United advanced despite playing the majority of the game with ten men for the second successive match, following Andre Blackman’s sending off.
Blackman saw red for his part in an off-the-ball incident midway through the first half.
But, unlike the seven-goal thrashing at Barrow this week, Fleet kept their shape and organisation and saw off the in-form National League North leaders thanks to a coolly-taken...

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