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HERTFORD 5 AYLESBURY UTD 1

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 October 2025

DIV 1 CENTRAL
By Peter Hough

■ HERTFORD came from behind to thump Aylesbury and move into the top four.
In a frantic start to the game Ben Kakembo poked the Ducks ahead only for the Blues to equalize straight away with a Marcus Painter far post header from a Zen Cunningham cross.
A few minutes later Billy Mardell-Smith put the hosts ahead, lifting the ball coolly over the keeper, and then in was one-way traffic for the rest of the afternoon as the hosts took complete control.
Noah Mosanya from close range, Cunningham from distance and then Painter again, pouncing on a free k...

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