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PROFLIGATE PEACOCKS MADE TO PAY BY DRAGONS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 August 2025

TAUNTON TOWN 1 BASINGSTOKE T 1
By David Ballheimer

TAUNTON paid the price for not taking opportunities when they fell to them, and Basingstoke snatched a point with a stoppage-time equaliser.
On a stiflingly hot afternoon, the Peacocks scored in the second minute – their third-straight game with an early goal – when Owen Brain controlled Niall Thompson’s astute pass and finished neatly.
Early endeavour from both teams quickly disappeared, but Taunton were aggrieved when two penalty appeals were rejected.
The lead should have been doubled five minutes into the s...

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