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Floodlight failure…kick-off was just to Yate, claim Whites

YATE TOWN have accused Dover Athletic of not wanting to play their FA Cup fourth round qualifying tie after the match was delayed due to a floodlight failure.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 October 2021

Harrow Borough

By David Richardson

YATE TOWN have accused Dover Athletic of not wanting to play their FA Cup fourth round qualifying tie after the match was delayed due to a floodlight failure.
The replay last Tuesday was postponed just after 8.30pm with a crowd of over 580 in attendance.
Southern League Premier South Yate had earned an impressive draw at the National League’s bottom club three days earlier.
At the return fixture, two of the eight floodlights at Lodge Road were not working, thus delaying kick-off.
Yate were able to fix the lights but not before the 8.30pm deadline which they say left Dove...

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