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THE SPHINXS’ LATE WINNER STOPS MIKES

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 January 2025

DIV 1 MIDLANDS
By Hugh Baker

BOLDMERE ST.M 1 COVENTRY SPHINX 2
COVENTRY Sphinx pulled themselves clear of the relegation zone with victory at Boldmere.
The Mikes took the lead in the 17th minute – Theo Rowe’s cross was headed in by Ben George after good work on the left.
Six minutes later, Sphinx equalised through Finlay Shorrock from the edge of the box, after a mesmerising run from ex-Mike Luke Shearer.
From hereon, it was anybody’s game, but the visitors began to look the better oiled machine in the match’s third quarter.
It bore fruit when substitute Id...

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