Non-League Paper

BLAKE’S HEAVEN BOOSTS ‘STOKE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
4 January 2026

PREMIER SOUTH
BASINGSTOKE TOWN 2 BRACKNELL TOWN 1
By Nick Wilson

BASINGSTOKE notched a third straight victory and ended Bracknell’s unbeaten run in a pulsating encounter.
There had already been chances at either end by the time the hosts hit the front with ten minutes gone. Rudy Allen’s flighted angled ball allowed Tom Blake to display an exquisite first touch and tuck a finish inside the near post.
Blake later tested Zaki Oualah with a low strike inside the box and also curled a free-kick at the Bracknell keeper but the visitors equalised when Max Herbert’s de...

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