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Nantwich Town 3-2 York City: Dabbers delight at City shock

Paul Carden lavished praise on his Nantwich Town heroes after The Dabbers overcame a 64-place deficit to knock York City out of the Isuzu FA Trophy.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 December 2023

By Liam Price

NANTWICH T 3
Ali 2, Kay 23, Rankin 28

YORK CITY 2
John-Lewis 83 (pen), Siziba 90
PAUL Carden lavished praise on his Nantwich Town heroes after Nantwich Town overcame a 64-place deficit to knock York City out of the Isuzu FA Trophy.
The Step 4 Dabbers stunned their National League visitors with three goals in the opening 28 minutes and held on for a famous victory despite Lenell John-Lewis and Zanda Siziba scoring late on for the Minstermen.
“You’d go a long way to see a better first-half performance than that,” Carden beamed. “It’s massive for the club, and hopefully we get...

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