Southern Leagues

BEDFORD TOWN A AFC DUNSTABLE A

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 November 2023

DIV ONE CENTRAL
By Roger Worsley

■ TORRENTIAL rain before and during Bedford’s meeting with AFC Dunstable forced the game to be abandoned at half-time.
A cloudburst 45 minutes before kick-off put the game in doubt but, despite standing water on the pitch, referee Jake Hillier put back the kick-off time back to 3.45pm to allow the ground staff a chance to work on the playing surface.
Dunstable had taken the lead in a chaotic way that highlighted the sodden pitch. A corner led to a pinball game in which a clearance hit Bedford’s Jack Green and rebounded into ...

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