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MATT FINISH PUTS GLOSS ON CROWS’ DOMINANCE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 March 2023

ROYSTON TOWN 2 HEDNESFORD T 0
By Duncan Easley

TWO goals in four second-half minutes from Matt Bateman saw Royston cruise to victory.
The turning point of the game came in the 57th minute as Hednesford goalkeeper Luke Jackson was sent off for bringing down Adam Murray, who had capitalised on Jackson’s hesitation to nick the ball past him.
The Pitmen’s agony was doubled as the referee pointed to the spot, although the actual contact looked to have happened outside the area. Bateman took no mercy, crisply despatching the penalty into the bottom corner, giving substitute ...

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