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GAFFER BACKS BEATEN LIONS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
3 June 2018

Fairclough takes pride despite two-goal defeat

By MATT BADCOCK

ALL SMILES: Luke Pennell celebrates his goal, inset left, with Fejiri Okenabirhie, while Fraser Horsfall makes a vital tackle
PICTURE: David Loveday

PAUL FAIRCLOUGH isn’t writing off any of England C’s latest caps after they slipped to a frustrating defeat to Republic of Ireland Amateurs.
Fairclough’s squad for the trip to Dublin had an average age of just 20 and, in truth, they were undone by the streetwise Irish, who were fielding an open-age side.
Twice Non-League’s Three Lions hauled thems...

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