Non-League Paper

Chats hit Angels for a famous cup win

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 October 2025

By Wink Tomkinson

TONBRIDGE ANG 1
CHATHAM TOWN 3
CHATHAM Town pulled off a cup shock to reach the FA Cup first round for the first time in 97 years following a second half performance that belied their lower-league status.
The Isthmian League Premier side had gone into the break a goal down to their Kent rivals at half-time following a well-worked goal from Marcus Sablier.
But a Tope Fadahunsi strike and Stanley Oldfield penalty turned the tables before an Adam Leathers clincher late on completed a famous victory at Longmead.
Sablier’s eighth-minute opener – off a h...

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