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Runcorn Linnets 0-1 Buxton: Late Luke Brennan strike denies Linnets

As these two teams appeared to be resigned to a rematch, Luke Brennan delivered a decisive blow for Buxton to knock out Runcorn Linnets.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 October 2025

Runcorn Linnets’ Joseph Ferguson gets to grips with Buxton’s Luke Brennan

By Andy Simpson

RUNCORN LINNETS 0

BUXTON 1
Brennan 90+2
As these two teams appeared to be resigned to a rematch, Luke Brennan delivered a decisive blow for Buxton to knock out Runcorn Linnets.
To those clad in the home team’s green and gold as part of a sell-out crowd, it will have felt like a punch to the gut.
The Bucks’ winger, booked earlier by referee Lewis Dawson for diving, conjured a purer trick when he led a swift break before striking low into the corner in the 92nd minute.
Runcorn, appearing at the final qualifying stage for the first time, could not have gotten closer to the f...

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