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Eastleigh 2-1 Altrincham: Set-piece ace Tom is the toast of the Spitfires

Tom Whelan capped a fine individual display with a stunning winner as Eastleigh came from behind to beat Altrincham with two goals in nine early second half minutes.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 October 2021

Eastleigh

By Michael Vimpany

EASTLEIGH 2
Hollands 52, Whelan 61

ALTRINCHAM 1
Moult 5
MIDFIELD maestro Tom Whelan capped a fine individual display with a stunning winner as Eastleigh came from behind to beat Altrincham with two goals in nine early second half minutes.
Substitute Danny Hollands had already cancelled out Jake Mount’s fifth minute strike for the visitors when Eastleigh were awarded a free kick 30 yards out.
Atrincham lined up a four-man defensive wall in front of goalkeeper Matt Gould but Whelan struck his free-kick with such pin-point precision that it arrowed into the keeper’s top ri...

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