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Brackley Town 2-1 Rochdale: Gav’s Saints sparkle to knock Dale off the top

Brackley Town dislodged table-topping Rochdale with a goal in each half and a disciplined display which delighted boss Gavin Cowan.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 August 2025

Haynes and Hall punish McNulty for wholesale changes
By Tim Carroll

BRACKLEY TOWN 2
Haynes 14, Hall 60

ROCHDALE 1
McBride 52
BRACKLEY Town dislodged table-topping Rochdale with a goal in each half and a disciplined display which delighted boss Gavin Cowan.
Goals from Ryan Haynes and Connor Hall sandwiched Connor McBride’s strike for Dale to rack up a second straight home win for the newly-promoted Saints.
“To get three points against a class outfit like Rochdale that you would imagine will be in a league within a league this season is huge for us and I am really pleased for the lads,” Cow...

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