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BRIGHT SPARKS!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 August 2026

Southend and Sutton continue perfect starts
By Jon Couch

BRIGHT starts for bright sparks!
Southend United and Boreham Wood, both sporting fluorescent pink away strips, continued their impressive early form in the National League with big wins on the road.

PRETTY IN PINK: Oli Coker wheels away in celebration as Southend United won at Solihull Moors
PICTURE: Garry Griffiths

Kieron Dyer’s Southend made it three wins from three with a 3-1 success at Solihull Moors while Wood secured a handsome 3-0 victory at Forest Green Rovers without in-demand star attacker Abdul Abdulmali...

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