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MERSTHAM 2 BECKENHAM TOWN 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 August 2025

DIV 1 SOUTH EAST
By Chris Pullen

■ A SUPERB Matt Drage free-kick in the 63rd minute decided a close game that could have gone either way at the interval.
After a quiet opening, Merstham took the lead rather against the run of play. A Harry Murphy cross was flicked on and Finlay Johnson fired home from close range.
Five minutes before the break, Louie Theophanous did what Theophanous does when he rifled home from 12 yards to make it 1-1 at the break. The second half was something of a stop-start affair. Both sides had some half chances, but Drage’s moment of quality was...

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