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GATE OPEN UP IN STYLE AS ROBERTS BAGS BRACE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 August 2023

MARGATE 2 WHITEHAWK 1
By Alan Anstice

MARGATE clinched all three points on the opening day of the season thanks to a brace from Phil Roberts.
Gate were awarded a penalty in the seventh minute when Mitch Walker brought down Steve Cawley but the goalkeeper made amends by diving low to his left to keep out Ben Greenhalgh’s attempt.
Whitehawk had a decent attempt from a corner seven minutes later but they headed just wide of the post.
Gate then took the lead in the 34th minute when Fyn Rutherford got to the byline, crossed, finding Roberts who placed it into the bottom-right cor...

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