Northern Premier League

RUGBY BOROUGH 1 BASFORD UNITED 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 November 2025

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
By Andy Howe

AN EQUALISER in the sixth minute of injury-time from Lyden Joyce gave Basford United a point at Rugby Borough.
Joyce came off the bench to head home Jordan Hallam’s corner at the back to send the visiting fans into ecstasy.
Earlier on, Leo Stone put Rugby ahead after he cut inside and curled the ball past Matthew Yates after 36 minutes.
Basford had several chances to get on the scoresheet with Curtis Durose putting his chance over the crossbar. While Tyler Dacres won a free-kick on the edge of the area which Hallam stepped up and put it just past ...

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