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SAINTS EDGE THROUGH IN TIGHT AFFAIR

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 October 2025

By Nigel Howlett

STIVES TOWN 1 KETTERING TOWN 0
STIVES claimed a narrow win over Kettering to advance to the next round.
Chances were at a premium throughout as both defences ruled the roost.
Each side carved out a single good opportunity in a tight first-half.
Skipper Michael Richens side-footed inches wide after a ninth-minute corner was knocked down to him and Ismael Fatadjo failed to make clean contact as Nile Ranger headed down an Aksum White cross to him ten minutes before the break.
Amir Hadi’s well-taken goal came at the end of a flowing Ives move with Richens feedi...

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