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ABBOTTS FALL TO REGENTS

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 October 2025

DIV 1 NORTH
BRIGHTLINGSEA R 2 WALTHAM ABBEY 0
By Tony Narther

BRIGHTLINGSEA were the only one of the bottom nine to win, but remain in the bottom two despite beating Waltham Abbey.
The Abbotts have never beaten Brightlingsea and that run continued after a difficult afternoon.
It was a fairly dour contest with both teams really needing a win but the pressure of avoiding defeat stifled much of the attacking instincts of both teams.
The game turned around goalless, but the deadlock was broken ten minutes after the resumption with Charlie Durling – sent off in the midweek defea...

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