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Eastbourne Borough 2-1 Tonbridge Angels: Sports get the better of ten-man Angels

Two strikes earned high-flying Eastbourne Borough three precious points against spirited Tonbridge Angels.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 February 2025

By Kevin Anderson

Two strikes earned high-flying Eastbourne Borough three precious points against spirited Tonbridge Angels.
The match exploded rather than started.
Three minutes in, home midfielder Jack Clarke was felled, and from the free-kick Freddie Carter’s header squeezed inside the back post for 1-0.
But the Angels swooped back, and six minutes later they were level.
Chaotic
Bailey Akehurst’s scudding 20-yarder found the bottom right corner past a possibly unsighted Joe Wright.
The Tonbridge game had simplicity and a deal of gusto, and just before the break Mikey Berry’s lightning br...

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