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Sat 13 Apr 2024  ·  Premier Division Central
Long Eaton United FC
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AFC Telford United
R Dinanga (11'), (86'), M Stenson (60')
Long Eaton United 0-3 Telford United

Long Eaton United 0-3 Telford United

Bradley White13 Apr - 18:04
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A brace from Ricky Dinanga defeated Long Eaton United as visitors AFC Telford United moved up to second place.

Dinanga's opener gave Telford an early advantage which Matty Stenson doubled in at the hour mark. With two minutes of regulation time left to play Dinanga bagged his brace and sealed a fourth consecutive win for the visitors.

Brad Munn made four changes to the side that lost away to Stamford last weekend. Ross Durrant made his return between the sticks and replaced Jason Alexander, while Callum Cocks began the match at right back and Jack Rogers was joined by George Atwal started in midfield. Liam Loughlan sustained an injury in the warm-up and was replaced by centre-half Owen Betts ahead of kick-off.

Ellis Brown looked lively for the visitors in the opening minutes and should have fired them in front when Remi Walker found the winger on the overlap but through on goal Brown blasted the ball over the crossbar and behind for a goal kick.

Although just moments later Brown made his impact on the match, the winger cut inside and found Dinanga who slotted the ball past Ross Durrant from close-range to put Telford ahead.

As the first-half progressed, The Blues struggled to retain possession and could only find space to shoot from distance. Cieron Keane tried his luck from range but the effort bobbled wide of the visitors goal.

Telford almost made it two before the break from a corner kick but Sam Whittall’s headed attempt was acrobatically cleared off the line by Callum Cocks to maintain the one-goal deficit.

Despite an improvement from Long Eaton following the restart, Telford soon picked up from where they left off and doubled their lead through Stenson on the hour mark. Dinanga drove to the byline and cut the ball back across goal for Stenson to finish, an almost identical goal to the visitors first of the afternoon.

Dinanga was among the goals again in the final minutes of the match, Walker weaved his way through the Long Eaton box and left the ball for Dinanga to find the back of the net with a composed strike.

Match details

Match date

Sat 13 Apr 2024

Kickoff

15:00

Location

Attendance

349

Competition

Premier Division Central

League position

2
AFC Telford United
21
Long Eaton United
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