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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 • 19:45

SEAH Stadium

Telford

Telford

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Merthyr Town

Merthyr Town

Enterprise National League North

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FULL TIME: The visitors claim three points in a crazy, error-strewn game that also had some great finishing and three Bucks efforts off the frame of the goal.

FULL TIME: The visitors claim three points in a crazy, error-strewn game that also had some great finishing and three Bucks efforts off the frame of the goal.
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A late Bucks corner, George with a shot that's blocked and runs towards touch, Hilton protecting it to win the corner kick. It comes to nothing, and that's the final whistle...

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Hilton's low cross, met by George, is deflected for a corner.

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The Bucks think they've won a corner, Armson the instigator of the move involving George, but they're flagged offside.

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We'll play a minimum of an additional five minutes.

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Martyrs substitution.

Martyrs substitution.

ON: Adulai Sambu. OFF: Ricardo Rees.

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Adan gets one back!

Adan gets one back!

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Adan gets one back!

Adan gets one back!

George absolutely leathers a close-range effort past Cogman to cut the deficit.

Adan gets one back!
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Jarvis shoots wide again as a Smalley header back across goal from a cross from the left finds him open.

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Cole Jarvis blasts a shot wide as the Bucks are caught out by the visitors and they have a man spare, maybe two. Jarvis ought to have made Gracey work there, you'd say.

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Armson whips over a cross that's too far ahead of anyone in white.

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Tonight's attendance: 1,036.

Thank you for your support, it's greatly appreciated.

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Bucks substitution.

Bucks substitution.

ON: Ola Lawal. OFF: Ricardo Dinanga.

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Off the bar again!

George lofts a shot over Cogman and it comes back off the face of the bar, that's three times the Bucks have found the frame of the goal now.

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Bucks substitution.

Bucks substitution.

ON: Adan George. OFF: Matty Stenson.

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Martyrs substitution.

Martyrs substitution.

ON: Brandon Smalley. OFF: Cawley Cox.

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Substitute Lewis hares into the outside right channel and wins a corner off Meddows, covering the move.

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Armson takes a quick free-kick to Meddows, he drives the ball in low to the near post and a Martyrs defender sticks a leg out to concede a corner. No threat from the resulting kick.

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Rees converts, his fourth of the evening.

Rees converts, his fourth of the evening.

The Martyrs striker blasts the ball down the middle to beat Gracey.

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Martyrs penalty!

Rees impeded by Piggott.

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Martyrs penalty!

Rees impe

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Armson wins an early tackle, nudges it to Stenson and his fierce blast is parried by Cogman.

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Bucks substitutions:

Bucks substitutions:

ON: Rhys Hilton, Jimmy Armson. OFF: David Solademi, Remi Walker.

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No threat from the corner.

No threat from the corner.

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Ammar Dyer channelling Maradona!

The Bucks' full-back keeps running and running and he's into the box and facing Cogman, earning a corner.

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Martyrs substitution.

Martyrs substitution.

ON: Morgan Lewis. OFF: Aneurin Livermore.

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Dinanga and Cranston combine to win a corner on the left. The delivery is too deep to the far post and the Bucks are pushed away from goal to retain possession.

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A Martyrs booking.

A Martyrs booking.

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The Martyrs win another corner, Walker is unhappy that Naeurin Livermore tugged him out of the way to give chase and put in the cross that Dyer headed out for the corner.

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How have the Bucks survived?

The Martyrs' Cawley Cox was offside but Twamley was allowed to run through, he couldn't beat Gracey at his near post but when the ball ran loose, they seemed certain to score until Piggott got in the way to concede a corner.

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Martyrs substitution.

Martyrs substitution.

ON: Tom Handley. OFF: Will Spiers.

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Stenson runs in behind the defence, trying to reach Solademi's ball forward, but he skids off the wet turf and into touch as the ball gets away from him.

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The Bucks go close again, Stenson played in and trying to lift the ball over Cogman at his near post, finding the side netting.

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The Bucks strike the bar, and I think it was Remi Walker who launched an acrobatic overhead kick that rebounded to safety. Cogman then goes down injured, the Martyrs' defenders take issue with Stenson.

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We've a stoppage for an injury to a Martyrs player on the Bucks' left. I'm unclear who it is, he slid into a challenge and stayed down. It's Will Spiers, he's now rejoined the game.

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The Bucks win an early corner, switching play from left to right and Dyer's cross deflected out at the near post. The corner brings no threat.

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We're back in progress...

We're back in progress...

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The Martyrs are out for the second half and the Bucks are now joining them. A quick look around suggests neither side has made any substitutions at the break.

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HALF TIME:

HALF TIME:

A late Martyrs' corner fallsa for Rees to hook a shot wide as he swivels and that's the interval.

HALF TIME:
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The Bucks are going to have to address the Rees threat at half-time, as again he's sent scampering with Piggott covering and the no.10 strikes a lofted shot on the run that drops over Gracey's crossbar.

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We'll play a minimum of three additional minutes.

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The Bucks play through the away side and move the ball left, Dinanga goes past his man, cutting in, and has a shot blocked.

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Rees has a hat-trick!

Rees has a hat-trick!

It's great finishing from the Martyrs' no.10 but the Bucks have given him a lot of help by falling into the same trap repeatedly. Another quick diagonal ball out finds him on the move and Leshabela can't halt him, Rees finishes over Gracey.

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Slack Martyrs defence concedes a corner and from the kick, taken from the left, the ball rebounds for Stenson to drill an effort wide to Cogman's left.

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We've a stoppage with Gracey needing attention. So far this game has been like a shoot-out in a Western. Both sides have had chances and although they trail the Bucks have been enterprising, but defensively shaky.

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Rees is through again and I'm not sure if he's hit the post or if Gracey got his hand up to deny him a hat-trick, but the Bucks are too open at the back, too often.

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The Martyrs lead!

The Martyrs lead!

Rees has two and the Bucks have been exposed by a long diagonal ball to the left that Rees accelerated onto, closing in on Gracey and finding the net to the keeper's right, inside his near post.

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The Bucks defend the corner successfully.

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Lewys Twamley makes progress on the left and he's into the box, with Gracey closing his angle at the near post, dropping to his knees to foil Twamley's stab goalwards and concede a corner.

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OFF THE BAR!!

Khanya Leshabela almost breaks the bar with a thunderous shot from 15 yards that rebounds off the underside and up for Stenson to head the bouncing ball wide with Cogman floundering.

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It's a really open game, probably more open than Kevin Wilkin would like, and the Bucks break up a Martyrs' attack and Ricardo Dinanga gets moving on the right, gaining 30 yards before a challenge puts the ball out for a Bucks throw.

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Stenson collects the ball and invites Meddows to join the play on the right. Jamie steps in and around a tackle, then aims a bending shot to Cogman's right that's going in until the keeper takes to the air to turn it away.

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The Martyrs level it!

The Martyrs level it!

Some really sloppy and indecisive defensive work from the Bucks and a cross from the right is nodded past Gracey by Rees from six yards out.

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One for the dubious goals panel!

One for the dubious goals panel!

Stenno may claim it, but that may be a Harris OG.

One for the dubious goals panel!
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It's an even contest so far, neither side could claim to have control and both have had efforts on goal. Solademi stretches well to take the ball out of the air as it's aimed to Rees.

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The Martyrs win a corner on the right and their noisy away contingent in the main stand, to our right, greet that enthusiastically. The Bucks don't clear the corner and Jarvis strikes a shot from 12 yards into the floor, it bounces up for Gracey to parry away.

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Not far away!

Dyer has swapped with Fletcher into midfield and his ball along the floor opens the Martyrs down the middle. Meddows moves onto it and takes a left-foot shot, but it's wide to Jamie Cogman's right, by a couple of feet, I'd estimate.

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A loose pass from Piggott goes straight to Cole Jarvis, he feeds Ricardo Rees but his shot, stepping inside a defender onto his right, lacks power and Gracey drops to collect it comfortably.

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The visitors earn a corner on the left, the delivery falls for captain Matthew Harris and he fires his shot too high to trouble Josh Gracey. He may feel he ought to have got that on target.

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Dyer crosses towards Stenson, the ball aimed for the striker's head and not quite in the right area for Matty to attack it.

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The Martyrs' Jack Evans loses his footing in a challenge with Ammar Dyer and thinks he was fouled, Mr Allsopp isn't interested in that.

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Jordan Piggott has to make a sliding challenge to halt a Martyrs' attack, debutant David Solademi takes over to complete the clearance.

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We're in progress...

We're in progress...

The Bucks are attacking the goal at the Frank Nagington Stand end in the first half.

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WELCOME:

WELCOME:

COLOURS: The Bucks take to the field in all-white —how long it stays white, I can't be sure! The Martyrs are wearing red-and-black striped shirts with black shorts and socks.

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WELCOME:

WELCOME:

OFFICIALS: Tonight's match referee is Jake Allsopp, assisted by Daniel Clenton and Michael Pattison. Fourth official is David Constable.

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WELCOME:

WELCOME:

TEAM NEWS: Here's the Martyrs' line-up for tonight's game, selected by manager Paul Michael.

WELCOME:
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WELCOME:

WELCOME:

TEAM NEWS: Kevin Wilkin makes two changes to the team defeated in Saturday's Emirates FA Cup tie at Sutton United. IN: David Solademi (debut), Ricardo Dinanga. OUT: Rhys Hilton, Charlie Williams.

WELCOME:
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WELCOME:

Good evening, and let's get this out of the way immediately. As things stand, tonight's game goes ahead. Referee Jake Allsopp has advised us that he wants to give the game every possible chance of proceeding, but it is very wet here at the SEAH Stadium.

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