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LINGERS UNDONE BY DEAL CHARGE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 December 2023

LINGFIELD 0
DEAL TOWN 2

By Matt Garrett
DEAL kept their hopes alive of getting their hands back on the FA Vase after a goal in each half saw off hosts Lingfield.
The 1999-2000 winners took 16 minutes to break the deadlock. Aaron Millbank ran through and, when he was brought down by home keeper Jack Webb-Olley, the referee played a very good advantage to allow Rory Smith to smash the ball home.
Webb-Olley, whose keeping prevented a rout, denied Smith a second minutes later only to fell Tom Chapman in first half stoppage-time and concede a penalty. He atoned for the error with a...

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