Non-League Paper

SPITFIRES TAKE OFF AS BLAIR HITS TREBLE TOPS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 October 2026

By Matthew Nash

EASTLEIG 4
Blair 22, 29, 90+3, Rankine 6

BOSTON UTD 2
John-Lewis 27 (pen), Rooney 31
EASTLEIGH boss Matt Gray hailed hat-trick hero Aaron Blair for helping his side end a four-match winless run after a “basketball” first half in Hampshire.
The Spitfires and Boston traded four goals in a ten-minute period before Dion Rankine made it 3-2 and Blair sealed the points with the fourth in injury time.
“He got 17 goals last season. He’s a poacher, a threat in behind and a good goalscorer,” Gray told The NLP.
“Everyone backed u...

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