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BASHLEY 0 SLIMBRIDGE 1

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 September 2022

DIV 1 SOUTH
By Tim Blake

■ SLIMBRIDGE collected their first league win of the season with a clinical defensive display against a disappointing Bashley.
Slimbridge were first to go close when Edjidja Mbunga narrowly failed to connect with Joe Shutt’s low cross in front of a gaping goal, but the rest of the first half belonged to Bashley, culminating in a massive scramble in the Slimbridge goalmouth.
At least three Bashley close-range shots were either blocked or cleared on the line — but the home side were never to go so close again.
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