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SAINTS GO MARCHING PAST TABLE TOPPERS!

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 December 2018

Leaders Poppies humbled

By Peter Short

VISITORS St Ives pulled off the shock of the day in putting league leaders Kettering to the sword in emphatic style.
At several points in the first half you could have been forgiven thinking the men in orange were the side clear at the top of the table - such was their cohesion in passing and movement whilst remaining very solid at the back.
The Poppies, on the other hand, were poor in all departments allowing themselves to become frustrated as the Saints took control.
All of the talking points came in the first half, Kettering started brightly and ...

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