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Defeat is fall down to earth for Bees

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 December 2024

By Nigel Howlett

ST IVES TOWN 4
HARBOROUGH T 1
IT was a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ for the Bees, who had pushed League One Reading all the way in the FA Cup in their last outing but suddenly found themselves up against a very determined Ives at the slightly more humble quattro tech Westwood Road.
Skipper Ben Williams was the first of the visitors to get things wrong as he turned Benji Mensah’s low 27th-minute cross past his keeper to put Ives in front. The hosts rode their luck a little as half-time approached with two excellent saves from Dan...

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