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ROVERS RALLY TO DOUBLE GLORY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 May 2026

ISTHMIAN NORTH PLAY-OFF FINAL
By David Ballheimer

STANWAY ROVERS 0

REDBRIDGE 0
AET, Stanway Rovers won 4-2 on penalties
STANWAY Rovers won promotion to Step 3 by beating Redbridge on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes in front of a record crowd of 1,043 at the FND & KMCO Community Stadium.

For Rovers it is a second consecutive promotion after winning the Essex Senior League last season.
Delighted manager Jamie Shaw told The NLP: “The hard work at this club was over the first 18 months. We still have 11 or 12 players from last season and that makes this promotion ext...

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