Northern Premier League

AFC RUSHDEN 5 CARLTON TOWN 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 April 2017

By Paul Judd
AFC Rushden & Diamonds sealed a playoff place by defeating lowly Carlton.
Tom Lorraine fired the hosts ahead in the fourth minute from close-range, and the striker doubled the lead after 20 minutes when he scored the rebound from a blocked shot.
Away defender Lawrence Gorman put through his own net to extend the Diamonds’ advantage, and Lorraine sealed his hat-trick late in the half when he again finished from inside the box.
The visitors pulled one back in the 66th minute when William Mellors-Blair fired into the far corner, but Rushden had the last word by scoring a...

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