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BETTS’ LATE PUNT FALLS FLAT WITH KEY PENALTY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 October 2022

ST IVES TOWN 2 BASFORD UTD 2
By Nigel Howlett

THE Lions came with a game plan and it looked like their route one tactic to the powerful target man Gregg Smith was going to get them maximum reward.
But two minutes from time right back Owen Betts inexplicably grabbed a loose ball deep inside his own box. The defender was probably hoping to be awarded a free-kick as he felt that he had been nudged in the air by Jonny Edwards. But referee Gary Connell’s verdict was that the unfortunate Betts had not only conceded a penalty but also earned himself a red card for denying a shot on g...

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