Non-League Paper

PURPS PLOTTING DOUBLE DELIGHT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 April 2026

By Ken Gaunt

WEMBLEY-BOUND AFC Stoneham have completed the first part of what they believe will be a historic double.
Just days after booking their place under the arch, the Eastleigh-based side clinched the Wessex League title with victory over Bemerton Heath Harlequins.
They are the elite group at the head of the largest grassroots club in the South of England and the second
largest in the UK. But more of that later.
It proved an emotional night for joint Purps managers James Phillips and Mick Marsh as they saw their high-fliers extend their unbeaten run to 30 matches, stretchin...

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