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HOW THE DRAMA UNFOLDED …

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2026

By Andy Mitchell

IRRESISTIBLE Rochdale scrapped
from two down to seal an EFL return on penalties and consign Boreham Wood to more Wembley heartbreak.
The Wood had seemed destined to bag League status for the first time after Abdul Abdulmalik’s fizzing cross looped in off the chest of Matt Rush midway through the first half with Abdulmalik seizing on and squeezing in from a half-cleared corner 21 minutes from time.
Dale had been second best but snatched a lifeline having gone long, sub Tyler Smith sweeping in after the ball dropped his way from a battle between Mani Dieseruvw...

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