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BROCCOLI’S RED LEAVES SOUR TASTE

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 December 2023

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
CAMBRIDGE CITY 0 COVENTRY SPHINX 1
By Chris Nee

COVENTRY Sphinx secured their third league win thanks to a thumping late goal against ten-man Cambridge City.
The visitors laboured after the first-half dismissal of City’s Stefan Broccoli for violent conduct, but came close to opening the scoring when captain Callum Woodward’s free-kick crashed against the bar.
Chances were few and far between as the hosts responded positively to losing a player, but Sphinx gradually took control in the second half with City looking to protect a point.
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