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King's Lynn Town manager Adam Lakeland says he will not rush into bringing a new striker to the club following an untimely injury to Josh Barrett.The mercurial Barrett is set for a spell on the sidelines after breaking his metatarsal in a bizarre training ground incident on Friday.With Jordan Ponticelli also out injured, it leaves Lakeland and his assistant Sam Walker short on options up top.Loan midfielder George Morrison looks

Heacham suffered their heaviest defeat of the Thurlow Nunn League season on Saturday as high-flying Mildenhall returned home with a 5-0 victory.The unbeaten Premier Division visitors took a 3-0 lead into the break before adding two more goals to their tally in the second half.Magpies boss David Griggs, who lost goalkeeper Aaron Watson on Friday night and Luke Gray to injury in the warm-up, had no complaints about the final

King's Lynn Town 1 Blyth Spartans 1King's Lynn Town have suffered a major injury blow as they were held to a draw by Blyth Spartans at The Walks.The home side's pre-match preparations were dealt a huge setback with the sight of the mercurial Josh Barrett on crutches before the game.Joint leading scorer Barrett injured his metatarsal in training on Friday and faces a spell of between four and ten weeks

A teenager who ran onto the pitch following a dramatic King’s Lynn Town football game has been banned from The Walks for three months.Lynn Police confirmed in a statement today that they had identified the “unwelcome visitor”, who entered the field of play after a goal deep into stoppage time from substitute Jack Smith had clinched a crucial 3-2 win for the Linnets against Bishop’s Stortford.The youngster has subsequently been

Downham Town have equalled their best FA Vase run for 37 years after knocking out Essex Senior League strugglers Coggeshall Town 1-0 at home.An early goal from Eoin McQuaid in the second half was good enough to see Downham through in the First Round clash at the SCL Memorial Field.Reflecting on the club's progress, joint boss Dale Stokes said: "Obviously we're delighted to have made it through to the second

South Shields 2, King’s Lynn Town 0National League NorthLynn may have lost at promotion-chasing South Shields on Saturday but it may have been a different story had Adam Lakeland’s men taken gilt-edged early chances.Josh Coulson has a shotAfter just seven minutes Stephens put wide when one one-on-one with Shields keeper Myles Boney and then, after nine minutes, the visitors were awarded a penalty after a foul on Cameron Hargreaves but

The Linnets have an immediate chance to recover from Saturday’s defeat at South Shields as they entertain fellow strugglers Bishop’s Stortford at The Walks tonight (Tuesday).After going so close to promotion from the National League North last season, Lynn have struggled in their 13 games so far this term and find themselves third from bottom of the 24-team table.Stortford are one place below them and on Saturday crashed 4-1 at

Fakenham Town will entertain 2022 FA Vase winners Newport Pagnell Town in the Second Round of this year’s competition.The Ghosts beat South Midlands Premier League mid-tablers Cockfosters 2-0 in the First Round on Saturday with goals from Jake Watts and sub Jude Frostick.Pagnell, who were also FA Vase runners-up at Wembley this year, are currently fifth in the United Counties League Premier Division South.Jake Watts gives Fakenham the lead against

Diss 24, West Norfolk 19Despite the tragic events that occurred during the game between Wisbech and Diss last week where Wisbech player Arturas Rudy sadly died on the field of play, Diss bravely decided to return to the pitch against their old rivals.With Dan Nunn missing through work, captain Jack Wicks away and hooker Chin Newton-Walters unavailable, West reshuffled during the week. This led to the experienced Olly Denton starting