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BOURNE TOWN 0 AFC RUSHDEN & D 2

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 September 2025

By Paul Judd

■ TWO strikes in the first quarter of an hour led AFC Rushden & Diamonds to a first win in the FA Trophy for six years, away to Bourne.
Only eight minutes were on the clock before Tyler Winters combined with Bruno Andrade who slotted home the opener.
A second effort was ruled out for offside but Diamonds doubled the lead after 15 minutes, good football releasing Olly Brown-Hill to run across the box and thump the ball home.
Andrade was then inches from a third with a ball that struck the post. After the interval both sides saw appeals for penalties waved away...

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