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BISHOP AUCKLAND 3 MIDDLESBROUGH XI 0

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
16 July 2017

By Matty Hewitt
A STRONG Boro side that featured Adlene Geudioira and summer signings Lewis Wing and Luke Armstrong were defeated 3-0 at impressive Bishop Auckland.
The pre-season friendly was over as a contest by the half hour following goals from Matthew Lovegreen and a James Fairley double.
The hosts took the lead after five minutes through Lovegreen, as he rose highest to meet Fairley’s free-kick, powering a header into the back of the net.
Bishops second goal was against the run of play as Fairley capitalised on a Boro back-pass, to fire a shot into the top corner from an indirec...

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