Non-League Paper

HOT-SHOT TOLAJ ENDS THE ROOKS’ CUP DREAM

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 October 2023

By Steve Gibbs

ALDERSHOT TN 4
Tolaj 12, 15, 90+1, Jones 56

LEWES 1
Wood 48
LORENT Tolaj’s hat-trick helped Aldershot Town ultimately cruise to their first FA Cup win in five years – but Lewes were still left to ponder what might have been.
The 21-year-old Swiss striker poached a quickfire double in the opening quarter of an hour and completed his treble in the closing stages, yet in between the depleted Rooks impressively bridged the two-division gap.
“I’ve told the players that when they get home tonight they will think that this is a missed opport...

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