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ABDUL RELISHES BIGGEST STAGE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2026

BOREHAM Wood’s Abdul Abdulmalik used the Wembley stage to show exactly why every side in League One is on his tail.
For 70 minutes of last Sunday’s National League play-off final, the 23-year-old wide man terrorised the Rochdale defence.
He created the opener with a typically dizzying piece of skill, scored the second himself and sat down so many defenders he must have felt like a matchday steward.
But for the bout of cramp that ultimately forced him off, there is every chance that Luke Garrard’s side would have staved off the late comeback that eventually saw D...

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