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NEWTON AYCLIFFE 0 EMLEY AFC 1

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
23 November 2025

DIV 1 EAST
By Bob Wood

■ THIS was a tight game with a sparse amount of chances for Emley and an even sparser amount of chances for Newton Aycliffe.
The only goal came in the fifth minute via a penalty scored by the visitors’ Gabriel Johnson.
In the second half Johnson found himself one on one with Aycliffe’s Kyle Seymour and the keeper pulled off a smart reflex save to deny the pacy number ten.
Aycliffe had a lot of possession for the remainder of the second half but the score remained the same and Emley had the final chance of the match when a breakaway from a...

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