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Bilston Town 1-0 Gresley Rovers: Jordan Crump jumps to the Steelmen’s rescue

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 January 2026

Bilston Town’s Jordan Crump fires home the winning goal

By Andy Mitchell

Bilston Town 1
Crump 76

Gresley Rovers 0
Jordan Crump lashed Step 6 Bilston into the last 16 of the FA Vase just seconds after surviving the hook.
A scrappy and tense tie always looked likely to be settled by a single swipe of the boot and striker Crump obliged 14 minutes from time, driving inside Brad Catlow’s near post from Sam Yankson’s pullback to the right edge of the box.
The hosts certainly earned the upset, matching higher-ranked Gresley, who edged the chances and walloped the underside of the bar through Sam Moore in the eighth minute of added time. But while Cr...

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