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KAI BAGS HAT-TRICK AS ROBINS SEE OFF ‘STOKE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
9 August 2026

By Nick Wilson

BASINGSTOKE T 2
EVESHAM UTD 4
EVESHAM started their season off on the right note, plundering four goals and three points from their hosts.
Basingstoke had the better of the opening half hour, Tom Blake and Jeremiah Okine-Peters both spurning golden opportunities early on while Okine-Peters narrowly failed to punish Brendan Beard’s decision to leave his box.
The Robins struck twice late in the first half though against the run of play, Amer Awad’s run into the ‘Stoke box freeing him to square for Kai Churchley to force home from close range befor...

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