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DIV 1 CENTRAL

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 February 2026

By Arran White

BEACONSFIELD T 4
HADLEY 1
BEACONSFIELD thumped
■ Hadley to keep hopes of a play-off push alive.
Zidan Akers was brought down in the box to give the hosts a penalty in the 14th minute.
James Dobson’s spot-kick was saved, but he put the resulting corner straight in.
Good defending from the home defence kept Hadley out before they made it 2-0 in the 37th minute as Manu Oke-William played Akers through on goal for him to fire home. Beaconsfield made it three moments later as Akers ran through once again and slotted the ball past the keeper.
The second h...

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