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Bucks keep the play-off dream alive

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 March 2026

CHORLEY 1 BUXTON 2
By Pete Tscherewik

CHORLEY let a half-time lead slip on home soil as Cian Coleman and Johnny Johnston took full advantage for John McGrath’s Buxton side.
The Magpies took the lead in the 17th minute following a Jack Moore free-kick. The ball eventually fell to Mark Ellis, who delivered an excellent cross into the area from the left. Sampson powered a header towards the far-corner, with Buxton goalkeeper Joe Young unable to keep it out.
Andy Preece’s side continued to threaten and nearly doubled their lead when Sampson’s second header looked d...

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