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Leamington 1-3 Coventry City: Brakes stung by Sky Blues

With the Sky Blues having made the decision late in the week not to send their first team for Covid-related reasons, a little bit of the gloss was taken off the occasion, but a fine turn out of well over 1,000 fans provided an uplifting sight as the teams took to the field.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 July 2021

By Paul Edwards

LEAMINGTON 1
Smith 90

COVENTRY CITY XI 3
Stretton 56, Trialist 73, Trialist 80

TUSSLE: Kaiman Anderson shields the ball from Coventry’s Ricardo Dinanga.
PICTURES: Paul Edwards

LEAMINGTON were left to rue their failure to convert first half chances into goals as they went down to a hat-trick of second half strikes from a youthful Coventry City side.
With the Sky Blues having made the decision late in the week not to send their first team for Covid-related reasons, a little bit of the gloss was taken off the occasion, but a fine turn out of well over 1,000 fans provided a...

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