Southern Leagues

DIAMONDS SHINE BRIGHT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 January 2020

By Craig Cooper
LEISTON 2
AFC RUSHDEN & D 3
LEISTON suffered late heartache as AFC Rushden & Diamonds notched a 90th-minute winner to earn all three points.
Both sides came into the match having lost just one league game in seven but the game failed to get going early on.
Leiston saw Kyle Hammond and Zak Brown fire wide but it was the away side who took the lead in the 28th minute when Jake Hutchings unfortu- nately put a cross from the left into his own net.
The Blues started to get a foothold and persistence by Hammond set Brown away, who drew a foul to win a penalty that Rob Eagl...

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