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BACK ON TOP OF THE WORLD

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 June 2025

SENIORS RETAIN TITLE IN BIZARRE FINALE
(...well, sort of...)
By John Lyons

GOLDEN BOYS: England Seniors celebrate their World Cup, albeit it in rather unusual circumstances

JON Challinor thought he had seen everything in football – but the ending to the Seniors World Cup in Thailand even left him gobsmacked.
The fact that the 44-year-old Stamford midfielder helped England retain their crown only told half the story.
Their opponents in the final, Australia, refused to leave out a player, Angel Adres, who had been suspended for two bookings, meaning that England would effe...

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