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LEADERS STUNNED BY TOWN

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 January 2020

DIV 1 SOUTH
By Dan Lewis
THATCHAM TOWN 0
MELKSHAM TOWN 2
THE LEADERS were beaten by the division’s in-form team at the StacatrucStadium, as a well-organised Melksham side stifled the threat of Thatcham.
In a game of little quality, great strikes by Luke Ballinger and Albert Hopkins won the game for the visitors.
The opener came on eight minutes when Jack Ball headed on a long clearance, Jake Mawford knocked the ball across the edge of the penalty area, and Ballinger fired in a stunning first-time shot across Paul Strudley and into the goal.
Substitute Albert Hopkins scored the second ...

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