Key occasions
Full time scores within the 7.30 kick-offs.
Many of those video games are operating to 100 minutes. They’ve invented a brand new recreation. Well completed, everybody.
Josh “Gino” Ginnelly, on his Swansea debut, has simply walloped in a phenomenal objective, and that caps off a 3-0 win over Northampton.
Wrexham and Wigan proceed to be degree on the Racecourse, two well-matched groups and never the loudest environment.
Breaking information: Lopetegui out at Wolves
The membership and Julen Lopetegui have reached an settlement to half methods, ending his 9 month keep as head coach.
— Wolves (@Wolves) August 8, 2023
Gillingham go three targets up on Southampton
Robbie McKenzie bought it at Priestfields, and Saints have suffered an enormous embarrassment.
Charlie Savage, son of Robbie, signed from Manchester United, has simply smashed in a fantastic thing about a free-kick and it’s Millwall 0-3 Reading.
Blackburn lead Walsall 4-2, and look to be cruising into the following spherical.
Gillingham are giving Southampton a proper chasing. They lead 2-0 and regardless of these 11 modifications the optimism of Friday night time has taken a battering.

Stoke are again in entrance – it’s 2-1, a objective from Andre Vidigal, the Portuguese striker.
West Brom degree at Stoke, and it’s a pleasant objective from Brandon Thomas-Asante.
Sunderland have equalised towards Crewe, with a objective by Chris Rigg: be aware, not Chris Riggott.
Notts County, who accompanied Wrexham out of the National League, haven’t had a contented begin to life as an EFL membership. They’re dropping 2-0 to Lincoln and are actually a person down, with Aden Baldwin despatched off for a second bookable.
Back up on the Racecourse, Wigan take to the sphere, and to an enormous roar, they get again underway.
Another shock is on the playing cards, as Gillingham now lead Southampton 2-0, with Robbie McKenzie.
That’s a full-time rating: Huddersfield 2-3 Middlesbrough, with the ten males having to play a lot of the recreation a person down.

Kyle Hudlin, 6’ 9”, has simply scored for Huddersfield towards Middlesbrough, and it’s 2-3 deep in time added on. How a lot of that shall be performed, lord solely is aware of.
Half-time rating: Wrexham 0-0 Wigan
Both groups annoyed, Wigan by the standard of Wrexham’s defence, Wrexham by lacking a few good possibilities. Both workforce would possibly really feel they need to be profitable.

Stoke are main West Brom 1-0, and Sol Sidibe, son of Mamady Sidibé, the membership’s former striker, has been displaying off his expertise as a 16-year-old.
Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson seems annoyed, his workforce have missed a few possibilities within the first half. Wigan proceed to move the ball round a bit higher.
Still 0-0 on the Racecourse, the place Chris Sze of Wigan has simply been booked for a lunging foul. Five minutes are added on on the finish of the half.
Justin Madson will get in contact: “I am in a similar boat to Joe P. Dismayed at there being 23 matches and only 2 on TV in the US. With the amount of emphasis the executives in media here put on Wrexham, I am just happy they deigned it appropriate to send at least one broadcast group to a different match instead of a Ryan Reynolds face cam. Hull/Doncaster been a real cracker. If only all these teams could be owned by celebrities, we could see some proper lower league match-ups we don’t usually get to watch. Regardless, we are watching cup football and that is always a good thing. Cheers to the new season!”
It’s Huddersfield 1-3 Middlesbrough now, with Riley McGree, who seems like a Nineteen Eighties Disney live-action flop movie, has bought a decisive objective. A superb objective, too, slicing in and capturing at objective.
Half-times within the 7.45 kick-offs.
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Barnsley 1 Tranmere 1
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Millwall 0 Reading 1
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Notts County 0 Lincoln City 1
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Exeter 0 Crawley Town 1
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Harrogate Town 1 Carlisle 0
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Sutton Utd 1 Cambridge Utd
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Gillingham 1 Southampton
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Preston North End 1 Salford City 2
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Blackburn 2 Walsall 2
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Stevenage 1 Watford 1
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Hull 1 Doncaster 1
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Forest Green 1 Portsmouth 1
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Bolton 1 Barrow 0
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Port Vale 1 Fleetwood Town 1
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Milton Keynes Dons 0 Wycombe 0
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Stoke 1 West Brom 0
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Sheff Wed 0 Stockport County
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Cheltenham 0 Birmingham 2
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Sunderland 0 Crewe 1
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Plymouth 2 Leyton Orient 0
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Accrington Stanley 0 Bradford
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Derby 0 Blackpool 2
Barnsley and Tranmere are degree at 1-1, Herbie Kane scores a objective that owes a lot to a goalkeeping goof from Joe Murphy.
By the by, Harry Kane didn’t begin towards Barcelona for Tottenham. Though did play 80 minutes on Sunday. MOTWYW.
Preston get one again towards Salford. It’s 1-2 after Ben Woodburn’s objective.
Shock ahoy: Crewe are profitable 1-0 at Sunderland, Luke Offord heading in on the again publish, simply on the stroke of half-time.
Affairs of the Herts: Stevenage are degree at 1-1 with Watford, with Josh March on the mark.

Champions League information: PSV are beating Sturm Graz 3-1, and the winner of that tie will face Rangers within the subsequent spherical.
Southampton, with these 11 modifications, are nonetheless dropping 1-0 at Gillingham.
Huddersfield 1-2 Middlesbrough, the workforce with a person benefit lead within the 7pm kick-off, with Isiah Jones scoring for Michael Carrick’s workforce.
The thrilling recreation of the night time is Blackburn 2-2 Walsall. The Class of 92’s Salford now lead Preston 2-0 with one other objective from Connor McLennan.
At the Racecourse, Wigan have been enjoying excellent soccer till they get to the ultimate third. Wrexham have sat again on the counter. Still 0-0.
Some half-times within the 7.30 kick-offs
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Mansfield 1-0 Grimsby
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Swansea 1-0 Northampton
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Peterborough 1-0 Swindon
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Newport 0-1 Charlton
But not but up at Wrexham. Ollie Palmer banging the bottom as he passes up a shot. Wigan are enjoying some good stuff however with little penetration.
Cheltenham now 2-0 right down to Birmingham from Bacuna’s free-kick. Portsmouth has equalised towards Forest Green, and Blackpool now 2-0 up on Derby. Swansea lead Northampton 1-0
The targets are flying in.
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Exeter 0 Crawley Town 1 (Klaidi Lolos 15)
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Hull 1 Doncaster 1 (George Miller 15)
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Port Vale 1 (Ethan Chislett 18) Fleetwood Town 1
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Sutton Utd 0 Cambridge Utd 1 (Fejiri Okenabirhie 18)
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Notts County 0 Lincoln City 1 (Sean Roughan 23)
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Cheltenham 0 Birmingham 1 (Juninho Bacuna 24)
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Forest Green 1 (Tyrese Omotoye 24) Portsmouth 0
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Plymouth 1 (Ben Waine 25) Leyton Orient 0
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Barnsley 0 Tranmere 1 (Luke Norris 23)
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Newport County 0 Charlton 1 (Daniel Kanu 43
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Stoke 1 (Joshua Griffiths Og 27) West Brom 0
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Forest Green 1 Portsmouth 1 (Kusini Yengi 30)
Joe Pearson is in contact from Indianapolis. Happy new season, Joe. “ It’s good to watch some live football (instead of DVRed WWC matches)! On ESPN+, my choices are Hull-Doncaster or Wrexham-Wigan. Of course I’m going with Hollywood’s Own Eleven. On a completely different topic, I started watching ‘Peaky Blinders’ about a week ago. I love Nick Cave, but ‘Red Right Hand’ has burrowed into my brain and it won’t let go. Favorite Cave track, John? I’m partial to the over-the-top ‘O’Malley’s Bar’. You?”
Here’s 4 from very totally different Cave profession factors: Shivers by The Boys Next Door – the younger Aussie pop star. Nick The Stripper from the Birthday Party – snub-nosed junkie. From Her To Eternity – The Bad Seeds (so good live this one, RIP Anita Lane) after which from 2016, Jesus Alone, Nick grieving for his son with a pre-cog lyric.
Play all of them loud.
Stockport have taken the lead at Sheffield Wednesday, with Paddy Madden, the talisman getting the objective. League Two leads the Championship, simply as they do at Gillingham, the place an Ashley Nadesan objective has Southampton a objective down.

Wrexham take to the sphere, and it’s a reasonably first rate night between the Welsh mountains and the decrease Dee Valley. No James McClean for the house workforce, presumably as he’s simply been purchased from Wigan.
It’s half-time in that recreation between Huddersfield and Middlesbrough, nonetheless 1-1, as up on the Racecourse, the groups get able to kick off.
Herts derby information: Watford 1-0 lead at Stevenage, Vakoun Bayo tapping in.

Hull City lead Doncaster within the M18 derby – Oscar Estupinan has knocked in.
Crisis membership Reading are profitable at Millwall, with Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan galloping by means of a reasonably statue-like Lions defence.
Couple of targets, with Peterborough main Swindon at house and Swansea 1-0 up on Northampton. The goalscorers are Joel Randall and Joel Piroe respectively.
Phil Parkinson, the Wrexham boss, has been speaking forward of what he sees as “an interesting battle”. His reverse quantity is Shaun Maloney, one other Wigan Wembley hero from a decade in the past.
Such is the hype round Wrexham that Sky are interviewing the native vicar, who says he’s had a raft of Americans visiting his church. You can now go on a guided tour of Wrexham – a sentence that appeared unlikely in 2019.
Those 7.45 kick-offs are coming in.
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Accrington Stanley v. Bradford
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Barnsley v. Tranmere
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Blackburn v. Walsall
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Bolton v. Barrow
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Cheltenham v. Birmingham
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Derby v. Blackpool
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Exeter v. Crawley Town
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Forest Green v. Portsmouth
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Gillingham v. Southampton
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Harrogate Town v. Carlisle
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Hull v. Doncaster
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Millwall v. Reading
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Milton Keynes Dons v. Wycombe
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Notts County v. Lincoln City
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Plymouth v. Leyton Orient
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Port Vale v. Fleetwood Town
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Preston North End v. Salford City
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Rotherham v. Morecambe
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Sheff Wed v. Stockport County
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Stevenage v. Watford
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Stoke v. West Brom
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Sunderland v. Crewe
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Sutton Utd v. Cambridge Utd
Here’s your Wrexham v Wigan groups for that 8pm kick-off.
Wrexham: Howard, Forde, O’Connell, Tozer, Cleworth, McFadzean, Jones, Young, Davies, Palmer, Bickerstaff. Subs: McAlinden, Foster, Waters, Dalby, Mendy, Cannon, O’Connor, Barnett, Lee.
Wigan: Tickle, Watts, Hughes, Morrison, Pearce, Matthew Smith, Adeeko, Humphrys, Balagizi, McManaman, Sze. Subs: Wyke, Aasgaard, Amos, Lang, Scott Smith, Brennan, Robinson, Adams, McHugh.
For the Latics, Callum McManaman, a hero of their FA Cup ultimate win in 2013, is enjoying, in his third spell on the membership. Hugely gifted participant again within the recreation after 12 months or so out.
These 7.30 kick-offs are imminent.
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Mansfield v. Grimsby (KO 7.30)
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Newport County v. Charlton (KO 7.30)
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Peterborough v. Swindon (KO 7.30)
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Swansea v. Northampton (KO 7.30)
Gillingham: Morris, Alexander, Ogie, Ehmer, McKenzie, Clark, Lapslie, Coleman, Jefferies, Clarke, Nadesan. Subs: Jonathan Williams, Nichols, Malone, Turner, Gbode, Chambers, Gale.
Southampton: McCarthy, Bree, Lyanco, Charles, Perraud, Meghoma, Stuart Armstrong, Djenepo, Amo-Ameyaw, Mara, Adams. Subs: Stephens, Aribo, Onuachu, Lumley, Edozie, Alcaraz, Doyle, Dibling, Ballard.
No Romeo Lavia, who was on the bench for Saints at Hillsborough, and no Ward-Prowse both. Che Adams begins up entrance, Charly Alcaraz on the bench. No Will Smallbone, both. That provides as much as 11 modifications.
And it’s now 1-1, Boro have equalised, Sammy Silvera’s effort hits each posts and nestles within the nook to degree issues up.

All taking place in that Huddersfield v Middlesbrough recreation: Jaheim Headley has been despatched off for knowledgeable foul, last-man foul on Hayden Hackney.
A reminder, or maybe information, is that the draw is break up into north and south sections of the draw. Nobody has that far to journey.
There are not any replays within the Carabao Cup and a winner of the tie shall be decided on the night time. Should the match be drawn on the finish of 90 minutes, the match will instantly go to a penalty shootout with out extra-time.
We might, nevertheless, see all that point added on that the EFL and Community Shield featured on the weekend. That seems right here to remain. For now, anyway.
And there’s even room for an early Warnock celebration as Kian Harratt has opened the scoring for Huddersfield towards Boro.
The earliest kick-off tonight is Huddersfield v Middlesbrough, Neil Warnock taking up the membership he managed within the 2020-21 season, his final job in truth till he returned to Huddersfield earlier this yr.
They’re up for this one in North Wales.
Tonight’s Carabao fixtures and kick-off instances
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Accrington Stanley v. Bradford (KO 7.45)
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Barnsley v. Tranmere (KO 7.45)
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Blackburn v. Walsall (KO 7.45)
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Bolton v. Barrow (KO 7.45)
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Cheltenham v. Birmingham (KO 7.45)
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Derby v. Blackpool (KO 7.45)
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Exeter v. Crawley Town (KO 7.45)
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Forest Green v. Portsmouth (KO 7.45)
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Gillingham v. Southampton (KO 7.45)
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Harrogate Town v. Carlisle (KO 7.45)
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Huddersfield v. Middlesbrough (KO 7.00)
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Hull v. Doncaster (KO 7.45)
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Mansfield v. Grimsby (KO 7.30)
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Millwall v. Reading (KO 7.45)
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Milton Keynes Dons v. Wycombe (KO 7.45)
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Newport County v. Charlton (KO 7.30)
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Notts County v. Lincoln City (KO 7.45)
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Peterborough v. Swindon (KO 7.30)
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Plymouth v. Leyton Orient (KO 7.45)
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Port Vale v. Fleetwood Town (KO 7.45)
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Preston North End v. Salford City (KO 7.45)
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Rotherham v. Morecambe (KO 7.45)
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Sheff Wed v. Stockport County (KO 7.45)
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Stevenage v. Watford (KO 7.45)
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Stoke v. West Brom (KO 7.45)
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Sunderland v. Crewe (KO 7.45)
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Sutton Utd v. Cambridge Utd (KO 7.45)
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Swansea v. Northampton (KO 7.30)
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Wrexham v. Wigan (KO 8.00)
Preamble
Carabao Energy Drink is out there from stockists and retailers all through the UK, it says right here. And but it stays as mysterious to most as Hafnia was within the Nineteen Eighties or no matter it was CR Smith really did. The vitality drink you will note folks slugging down on trains or in vans within the mornings remains to be that related to top-division golf equipment in Austria and Germany. The outdated League Cup is the first main trophy of the season and in a while within the season, Manchester United shall be defending it. Before that, earlier than the Premier League may even start, it’s golf equipment from the decrease three divisions. Which implies that Wrexham, stars of the silver stream, make their return to the competitors for the first time since 2008. Their return to the EFL didn’t go so effectively, being on the top of a 5-3 humping by MK Dons, that well-known pressure for authenticity in Our Leagues. So, Wigan, who pulled off a reasonably first rate 2-1 win over Derby in League One, are their opponents. Perhaps the jet lag from the US tour may need been shaken out by the Wrexham gamers. Their supervisor, Phil Parkinson, guided Bradford City to the 2013 ultimate of this competitors, and loves a cup run. Their homeowners don’t thoughts a little bit of publicity.
Beyond that, the decide of the ties is Southampton, excellent in profitable 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday on Friday, and their journey to Gillingham, who opened their League Two marketing campaign with a superb 1-0 win at Stockport.
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