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SHAYMEN INFLICT A FIRST LOSS ON DEFOE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 April 2026

By Will Bewsey

WOKING 0

FC HALIFAX T 1
Jaaskelainen (og) 90+1

WILL Jaaskelainen’s unfortunate stoppage-time own goal ensured FC Halifax Town secured eighth place in the table and subjected Jermain Defoe to his first defeat as Woking boss.
Woking’s Harry Beauty-man and Halifax defender Shaun Hobson but these masked what was an otherwise drab first half lacking in quality and sharpness, fitting of the occasion.
The normally reliable Cards stopper sliced Chin Okoli’s back pass into his own net a few minutes from time as Woking slipped to their first defeat in seven...

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