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FRANCIS SHINES IN DIDDY VICTORY

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 March 2017

By Anna Devlin
BARNST’PLE T 2
DIDCOT T 1
A PIECE of individual brilliance from Lee Francis secured all three points for Barnstaple Town in a keenly fought contest with Didcot Town.
The early stages saw the visitors looking compact, but it was the hosts who took the lead when awarded a penalty for a foul on Steve Holland.
The resulting spot-kick was confidently put away by James Blake.
The second half began with Nick Thorne firing a shot wide for the visitors, before they finally got on level terms with 20 minutes left, when Adam Learoyd headed home into the bottom right corner.
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